People helps ill animals and they create a home Set: Uncle Bumble
Ruthanna Long, The Great Monster Contest , 1977, approximate. I believe you are looking for " The Great Monster Contest " by Ruthanna Long . It includes the monster Jurgles and her best friend Boomer. M543: M544: Mouse shipwrecked; survives winter in a cave French mouse (Pierre?) is shipwrecked; prepares to spend winter in a cave, where someone has left a pocketwatch and book; he passes time reading and missing his wife (Lucy?); Spring arrives and he is able to build a boat, sail home to Lucy; she awaits him on a chaise. c. 70's?, light purple hardcover.
Camphor handle a trip away from his two difficult aunts, whilst speaing frankly about some much-from-friendly spirits that have taken up household inside the the local abandoned resort
Perhaps you are thinking of Abel's Island , by William Steig ? M545 : Maple sugar 50's or 60's, childrens. I am looking for an old school library book for my sister. It is about a boy who for some reason has to go and live with his grandfather and he teaches him how to tap maple sugar . this book was the first book that she really, really enjoyed and helped her become the reader she is today. Okay, this is what I found out . it was an old library book, and it might have had a blue cover.