What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

I know it’s a children’s book and it was only about 100 pages long. So this girl moves in to a new neighborhood and she finds a cabin in the woods. The cabins walls are painted as the forest around it. She goes through the painted walls and she finds the cabin in the forest again. This continues and she keeps going through the cabin walls and goes like 10 layers in. I read this like 5 or 6 years ago.

Within a Painted Past?

No that’s not it :(

How old was the girl in the story?

Were the painted walls like a mural of some sort?

Sort of a mural. The walls in side the cabin were painted as the forest it was in, so you could see the cabin in the painted walls. I believe she was about 12 or younger.

Do you remember what happened after she went through the walls?

Did she end up in another world? Or did she find herself back in time?

Back in time. When she went through the wall she was in the forest, like it was the forest around that was the forest painted on the walls.

Might want to check the Timeslip in Children's Fiction list.

Or maybe the Magical Paintings list.

Jackie, I added some details to the header/topic title. Feel free to edit it.

I do remember the ending a bit, the main character is like 10 layers into the painting world when she meets this other girl who is sitting by a fire, she seems to be a bit unstable. The fire starts spreading and burning the painting world so she has to run out.

wait i'm also looking for this book if anyone finds it please let me know

This one seems to match your description!
The Secret of the Painted House by Marion Dane Bauer
When Emily finds a locked playhouse in the woods, she can't resist peeking through the windows. Inside, the walls are painted to look just like the surrounding woods, right down to an identical white playhouse with blue shutters. But the playhouse is not as deserted as Emily first thought. A girl Emily's age lives on the painted walls—and she's dying for Emily to join her!

Mai wrote: "This one seems to match your description!
The Secret of the Painted House by Marion Dane Bauer
When Emily finds a locked playhouse in the woods, she can't resist peeking..."

That's it!! Thank you so much :)

Note: Jackie is the OP (original poster), just so we don't get confused.

Wait oh my god that’s it THANK YOU

Great. Glad you found your book, Jackie. Thanks for the update.