Identifying half-remembered children's books
Posted: November 9th, 2017, 9:56 pm
I have three books I'm trying to identify from when I read them back in the early to mid 80s, though they may have been published much earlier - my mum confiscated them before I'd fully read/memorized them. Now I just have splintered fragments. In 1 (possibly an anthology of short stories), the children accidentally set fire to a man, all I remember is the drawing of his charred-black yet still perfectly-shaped head and undamaged clothes, and that it had a reddish-pink marbled cover.
In 2, the children visited a magical lake, eventually they began gradually turning into fish or mermaids. Pastel cover with possibly some silver or gold writing/detailing. One of the pictured characters was a girl with curly hair.
In 3, the narrator encountered an evil clown named Zany and had a battle of wits with him in some sort of claustrophobic corridor or tunnel.
TIA
Lady Gagarin
In 2, the children visited a magical lake, eventually they began gradually turning into fish or mermaids. Pastel cover with possibly some silver or gold writing/detailing. One of the pictured characters was a girl with curly hair.
In 3, the narrator encountered an evil clown named Zany and had a battle of wits with him in some sort of claustrophobic corridor or tunnel.
TIA
Lady Gagarin