Today's Case:
Houston Newspaper Sunday Supplement Story: 'Shy'
Re: Looking for a story called "Shy"
From: Vicki
To: Phaedrus
Date: 5/5/2024, 8:54 AM
On 5/4/2024 5:22 PM, Vicki wrote:
Hi, Phaed --
I love your site and your helpful research. I read the history of your site, and
noticed that sometimes you research items besides recipes. I thought perhaps
you could help me find a story I've been trying to find for years. The story was
called "Shy," and it came out in the Sunday newspaper in Houston, Texas, in
the late '60s or early '70s. I'm not sure if it was in the Houston Post or the
Houston Chronicle. It was packaged in the comics section as a separate insert,
and it was illustrated and in color, like the comics. It was newsprint, not the
slick inserts that I see now. It was a cute story about a shy little girl that really
resonated with me. I hope you can find it! Thank you for all your help!
Vicki
Hi Vicki,
Well, I searched using my usual methods and any others that I could think of
and I had zero success. If I had the name of the author of "Shy", I could perhaps
do better. Newspaper archives for the Houston Post and the Houston Chronicle
for those years are not freely available on the web - you have to be a subscriber
to the papers or to an online service such as "newspapers.com", which I am not.
I've been racking (or "wracking") my brain to come up with a path to locate "Shy,"
but I cannot come up with anything.
There are numerous books and graphic novels titled "Shy" or at least with "Shy"
as part of the title. It might be worth your time & trouble to go to Amazon.com and
use "Shy" as a search term in the books category. Perhaps "Shy" was also issued
as a book for young girls or even as a graphic novel. It sounds tedious, but you
might recognize it when you see the cover.
My only suggestions for you are to contact those newspapers directly. Perhaps
you can connect with a kind soul in their customer service who will help. Another
idea is the Houston Public Library (If you still live in the area.) or your own local
library (If you don't). The US library system is quite interconnected these days
and the Houston Library likely has every issue of both of those newspapers for
at least the last century in digital format and your local library can connect with
them through their network.
I wish you success, and if I think of anything else that I can try, I will do so.
I will also post this for reader input. Maybe someone else recalls that story
and if nothing else, can provide the name of the author.
Phaed
