Can anyone remember...

[Benjaminpalma]

...the name of the children's book that had these little creatures that went about in little speedboats with huge outboard motors on the back. I was reading it in the late '70s/early '80s, but it could have been printed 10 or 20 years before.

Need to know as I want to use some of the characters to decorate my nephew's bedroom wall.

Thanks.

[oldbanger]

Tales of the riverbank?

It was a kids tv programme, I don't remember if there were books

e.g.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqbKT6agPp8&fea...

[Morningside]

Hammy Hamster Childhood memories.

[oldbanger]

an episode with more boats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iVfkCi_UHM&fea...

[Benjaminpalma]

oldbanger said:

Tales of the riverbank?

It was a kids tv programme, I don't remember if there were books

e.g.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqbKT6agPp8&fea...

Good call, but this was definitely just a book, rather than a film.

They used to drive all sorts of diggers n things on land (I think) and ships, but I just remember their speedboats with massive outboards...

Some of the pictures were cutaways with these little guys going about their business in various rooms...

[crystalmethod]

Was it a Richard Scarry book?

[dougc]

[Penny-lope]

God I loved those books....still have one somewhere

[Benjaminpalma]

crystalmethod said:

Was it a Richard Scarry book?

It bloody well was!!!!! Thank you so much!

[NiceCupOfTea]

Brilliant - I still have my "Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day" held together with gaffer tape! My kids will get them

[Hedders]

NiceCupOfTea said:

Brilliant - I still have my "Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day" held together with gaffer tape! My kids will get them

I would be interested in reading that, always been curious.

[Pobolycwm]

I had Richard Scarry`s "Busy Busy World", thought I`d check it out on Amazon, used £90 !

It was brilliant though, even better than my Mr Crabtree`s fishing year book

[NiceCupOfTea]

Hedders said:

NiceCupOfTea said:

Brilliant - I still have my "Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day" held together with gaffer tape! My kids will get them

I would be interested in reading that, always been curious.

Knock yourself out!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0007310471/ref=...



I think there's a revised edition which shows small cats browsing PH classifieds and a worm on Facebook

[HOGEPH]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kokogiak/66087367/

PC changes made to the books over the years.

[crystalmethod]

Glad to help. Think I've got a couple of my old books around somewhere. They were great.

[kelk]

dougc said:

Good grief that's a blast from the past - used to read those all the time

[sday12]

Brilliant, just ordered my copy from www.alibris.co.uk for less than a fiver


Nostalgia Rules!

Edited by sday12 on Monday 24th May 11:25

[Big Rod]

dougc said:

Someone bought my boy that very one when he was 1.

His favourite bed-time book. I think I knew it off by heart at one point.

[Dupont666]

I have a few original ones... must work out were I put them as that a few hundred quids worth of books there

[Benjaminpalma]

If anyone's got one to hand, is there any chance you could post some pictures of the pig (or worm?!) in the speedboat with the big outboard?