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Dear Mastodon mass-mind, please come to my aid. I am trying to remember the name of a book i had when I was a little boy back in the 1960s.
The name was something like "Le Ballentine de L'Espace".
It was in the French language. It was a picture book with stylized cartoon like images.
It was about a little boy who was tired of eating healthy food, taking baths, going to school, and other non-fun activities. He complained the outer space beings didn't have to do all that.
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Finding what we call stumpers is hard!
1.Search used to be better, but NYT article was right to suggest "throw in a bunch of keywords".
2. Can't remember if article mentioned this, but it can be very helpful:
http://w1.loganberrybooks.com/stumpthebookseller/
3. that subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthatbook/
4. condense the description and repost with more hashtags, including #librarians
5. contact a reference librarian at a univ that has special collection in kidlit esp internat'l (I can help w finding)
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I created #StoryIdentification but no one else has used it.
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The ship has a large windshield in the front similar to the front of a bus.
First they go to the planet of candy. The boy has fun eating candy like a pig. Until he gets a tummy ache and has to take some nasty tasting medicine.
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So the boy learns the error of his ways, as the alien driver returns the boy to his home.
Does anyone know the name and author of this book?
Thank you for your time.
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This might help you find your book.
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2017/11/22/finding-book-forgotten-title?page=1
