# Help ID this Kids Book Even Though I've Very Little To Go On

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-kids-book-even-though-ive-very-little-to-go-on/101800>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 4, 2002, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-kids-book-even-though-ive-very-little-to-go-on/101800 "2002-04-04T16:13:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-kids-book-even-though-ive-very-little-to-go-on/101800/1 "2002-04-04T16:13:57Z")

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I got it from the library as a kid. I don’t know the title or the author, but the plot involved someone stealing odd items like a stream and maybe a shadow. Or something like that. That’s all I remember. Does this ring a bell with anyone?

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**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-kids-book-even-though-ive-very-little-to-go-on/101800/2 "2002-04-04T17:20:20Z")

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Yet another opportunity to tout the “Solved Mysteries” page run by Loganberry Books: [http://www.logan.com/loganberry/solved.html](http://www.logan.com/loganberry/solved.html) .

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**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-kids-book-even-though-ive-very-little-to-go-on/101800/3 "2002-04-04T18:31:57Z")

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Darn, **booklover** beat me to it!