# What was this children's book?

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**Created:** [September 16, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-childrens-book/596548 "2011-09-16T19:19:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-childrens-book/596548/1 "2011-09-16T19:19:17Z")

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My grandmother kept a few of my father’s books around the house to entertain visiting children. I vividly remember them all and have been trying to get copies for my own daughter.

There is one I can’t remember the title of, though, and which is impossible to Google. So please Dope, help!

The story is about a Miss Pig. She never gets any letters. The mail carrier feels sorry for her, and tells everything to throw a party for her. They do. A goose gives her a homemade candle–scented with some kind of berry, maybe elderberry, maybe gooseberry. After that, Miss Pig gets lots of letters in the mail every day.

To the best of my knowledge the book was my dad’s, so it must date to the fifties or earlier. It had nice color illustrations. Help?

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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-childrens-book/596548/2 "2011-09-16T19:40:52Z")

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Unfortunately, this thread is already one of the top hits for certain google combos I tried.

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**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-childrens-book/596548/3 "2011-09-16T19:47:28Z")

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[The Little Mailman of Bayberry Lane.](http://www.amazon.com/little-mailman-Bayberry-McNally-book-elf/dp/B0007EST0C)

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**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-childrens-book/596548/4 "2011-09-16T19:52:30Z")

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my god! I loved that book! I forgot all about it!

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**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-childrens-book/596548/5 "2011-09-16T21:06:31Z")

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THANK YOU! No wonder I couldn’t find it, I kept searching for “Miss Pig”. Phew!