[PW] Children's book from late 40s or early 50s

Ivan Van Laningham ivanlan9 at gmail.com
Thu Feb 7 10:47:36 PST 2008


Hi All--
Nope, very definitely not Flicka, Ricka and Dicka.  Completely
different style of art.  The book I remember was done in a similar
style to the Dick & Jane books--"See Spot run!"  ;-)

Metta,
Ivan

On Feb 7, 2008 10:56 AM, Nancy Jo Leachman <nancyjo at salpublib.org> wrote:
> I'm pretty sure the books she wants are the Flicka, Dicka and Ricka books by Maj Lindman.  F, D & R are three little Swedish girls that are triples and look and dress alike. There are many titles in the series. They were first written in the 1950s. One of them does have the plot of a new boy moving in who sees each of them but thinks he's seen the same girl 3 times.
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> Nancy Jo Leachman
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> Hi All--
> I'm looking for a children's book citation.  I think "Triplets" is in
> the title, but I could be wrong; however, the plot is that a new
> family moves in across the street from the little boy protagonist
> (who, as I remember, dresses in blue clothes that somewhat resemble a
> cub scout uniform).  He sees a little red-haired girl, with freckles,
> who looks to be his own age.  The moving van is still there, and I
> think he offers to help carry things inside.  It takes him a long time
> to realize that there are three identical redheads.
>
> This would have been published at latest around 1951, 1952, because I
> read it at four or five.  A larger size soft-bound book, as I recall;
> maybe it was printed on cloth?  I thought it might have been titled,
> _Tommy and the Triplets_, but a search turned up nothing.
>
> Any clues?
>
> Metta,
> Ivan
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