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kathryn · ‎12-26-2018

Looking for information...author, publisher...on a pre-1955 children's book probably titled The Littlest (or Little? or Lost) Unicorn, who was small, and lost. Might have been privately published, but did show up in a northern NJ elementary school library (local author, privately published?) Black and white pencil or chalk drawings. Need the actual full title and author in order to do a real search for it.

bugler1998 · ‎12-26-2018

Kat: there is a 2018 release called The Littlest Unicorn by Christopher Whelan. Not likely to be what you are looking for as the author who was english was born in 1970.

kathryn · ‎12-27-2018

Correct, not the one. Definitely must be pre-1955.

taylor_memorial · ‎12-28-2018

Worldcat search for "Unicorn"/Children's book/1940-1955

https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=ti%3AUnicorn&fq=yr%3A1940..1955+%3E+%3E+x0%3Abook+%3E+ln%3Aeng+%3E...

You can back the start date up using advanced search, and make the list shorter by limiting the upper end to the beginning of your last search.

Good luck: you give us very little to go on.

If you are stumped there, try this:

http://www.logan.com/loganberry/solved-s.html

At one point in time they were free; then they charged for the service. Not sure what they do now.

argon38 · ‎12-29-2018

You could also try here:

http://forums.abebooks.com/discussions/AbeBookscom_BookSleuthreg/abesleuthcom?dbg=6

One of the things I came to realise after using that forum for a while is how easily the mind can play tricks when it comes to recalling details. Can you even be 100% certain that it was a unicorn?

figtree3 · ‎12-31-2018

@taylor_memorial wrote:
Worldcat search for "Unicorn"/Children's book/1940-1955

https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=ti%3AUnicorn&fq=yr%3A1940..1955+%3E+%3E+x0%3Abook+%3E+ln%3Aeng+%3E...

You can back the start date up using advanced search, and make the list shorter by limiting the upper end to the beginning of your last search.

Good luck: you give us very little to go on.

If you are stumped there, try this:

http://www.logan.com/loganberry/solved-s.html

At one point in time they were free; then they charged for the service. Not sure what they do now.

This appears to be the current entry page for the book stumper site posted:

http://w1.loganberrybooks.com/stumpthebookseller/

Also, going on what argon suggested (different word than "unicorn") I was trying "pegasus" and found a book from 1945 that has a mixture of color and monochrome illustrations: Eric Joysmith's book Pegasus, the Little Horse.

Some illustrations here: https://www.rookebooks.com/product?prod_id=30166

However, the plot as listed in Google Books doesn't sound much like what you remember, so I'm very unsure about this. It's just a suggestion. Here's the description: Pegasus is a little horse who travels to the city to find adventure. There he meets Peggy the Performing Pony at a circus. After joining her in a wonderful performance, Pegasus returns to the country with his new friend.

Good luck!

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imagine.ink · ‎12-31-2018

Could it be this title: The Colt from Moon Mountain? Published in October of 1941 and based on the cover board, it looks like it has black/white illustrations.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18428165-the-colt-from-moon-mountain

The Colt from Moon Mountain

Dorothy P. Lathrop

A young girl on a remote farm near a mountain makes friends with a little white colt with special powers--who turns out to be no colt at all.

Author/illustrator Lathrop has woven a lovely spell of fantasy, trust and friendship.

figtree3 · ‎12-31-2018

Good find!

Here's a listing that includes some of the illustrations. An ex-library copy, or at least ex-college.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Colt-from-Moon-Mountain-/112375494040

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kathryn · ‎01-07-2019

Many thanks to all of you for your information and suggestions. While my sister thinks the Moon Mountain book is not the one she's looking for (I say who knows what you'll decide if you take a closer look!), she does think it's the same artist, so that's an avenue to pursue that we didn't have before. Thanks again for your help!