Looking for a title: a tree growing through a house

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monal · 09/08/2012 10:39

Hi,
I'm looking for a book I had when I was small, it was a picture book and as I remember it, beautifully illustrated. I think an acorn was thrown away? And it because this huge tree that grew all through the house, bursting floorboards. But I can't remember title or author or any other useful details, and when I search for it online I keep finding books about actual treehouses. Or guidelines on how to grow an oak tree
If anyone has any ideas I'd be really happy to find it again. I grew up in the 80s if that helps at all?
Thank you.

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SuzanneV · 09/08/2012 17:33

I have just seen your post on the unanswered thread post! Is it Meal One by Ivor Cutler, long time John Peel favourite? It's illustrated by Helen Oxenbury and was given to my oldest ds by his then childminder, it is very battered! A plum tree grows through the house after the boy wakes up to find a plum in his mouth. Hope it is, if not it's a great book!!

butisthismyname · 09/08/2012 17:39

It could be Amazing Maisie's Family Tree? Totally surreal book where maisie plants loads of seeds and they grow into plants and kill her family off one by one! It's beautiful, if a little dark...

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monal · 10/08/2012 14:16

Suzanne, that is IT. I am so pleased. THANK YOU! I would never have found it either. Seeing as how I had acorns and plums confused.

And but I will go and look Amazing Maisie up as well while I'm at it because I like the sound of that.

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monal · 10/08/2012 14:31

I'd forgotten all about Amazing Maisie but I had the one about cold porridge as well, it was an early formative experience in books evoking horrible sensations :6

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monal · 10/08/2012 14:35

Ahem. And that would be a completely different Amazing Maisie, ignore me please.

Someone should take the keyboard off me.

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butisthismyname · 10/08/2012 14:36

Amazing Maiise is utterly brilliant . There are bricks on each page which spell out a message and the illustrator has manged to get a pic of him drawing the pic on each page too - refelcted in a mirror, or a bauble, or something.. Evertime time i read it, and ahave had it for 21 years (since dd1, Maisie, was 1!) I spot something new.

Clockless · 29/08/2012 23:20

I love meal one too!

Must dig out.

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