# Help me locate a book from my childhood, please?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 7, 2002, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-locate-a-book-from-my-childhood-please/102371 "2002-04-07T21:47:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-locate-a-book-from-my-childhood-please/102371/1 "2002-04-07T21:47:14Z")

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This might be a hard one, unfortunately! I had a large book that had stories, one for each day of the year–so as you might imagine, it was fairly thick, and it was a larger than usual size book as well, the pages allowing enough room for pictures. I have no idea what the book was named; the only info that I can recall about it is that it had a story for each day of the year. I think my grandmother got this book for my brothers and I. The reason I ask is I was thinking of trying to purchase a copy if it’s still available–surprising what some people offer for sale, and how much they want for it! LOL

Sorry I don’t have any more information than that. I do remember really enjoying the book, though.

Thanks in advance,

~~tarragon~~

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**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-locate-a-book-from-my-childhood-please/102371/2 "2002-04-07T22:02:28Z")

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I have this book!

It’s called “365 Things To Know” and has a dark blue cover with the title in a gold-embossed circle on the cover. It made me the trivia-hound I am today.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-locate-a-book-from-my-childhood-please/102371/3 "2002-04-07T22:22:40Z")

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Check [here](http://www4.addall.com/SuperRare/submitRare.cgi?author=&title=365+things+to+know&keyword=&isbn=&order=TITLE&ordering=ASC&dispCurr=USD&binding=Any+Binding&min=&max=&timeout=20&match=Y&StoreAbebooks=on&StoreAlibris=on&StoreAntiqbook=on&StoreBibliology=on&StoreBiblion=on&StoreBibliopoly=on&StoreBiblioroom=on&StoreElephantbooks=on&StoreHalf=on&StoreILAB=on&StoreJustBooks=on&StorePowells=on)and scroll down for a start.

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**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-locate-a-book-from-my-childhood-please/102371/4 "2002-04-08T03:51:41Z")

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thank you both so much! I’m looking into making a purchase. It very much sounds like the book (the one I had would have been purchased in the late 50s-early 60s); and now that I’m thinking back on it, I do recall that it had knowledgable facts along with the stories, I think. 🙂

I’m a happy camper tonight, thanks again! 🙂

~~tarragon~~