I read this book often as a child in grade school back in 1970's
(maybe like 1974 - 1977) and for the life of me I can't remember the
title or author! It was about a family of, blobs or creatures that
could make themselves into any shape they wanted. They had these cute
houses/rooms that only they could fit into and they were different
colors and I think the story was about them finding or making these
perfect homes for themselves.

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 27 Jul 2006 11:04 PDT

gingin68,

I am delighted to learn that the images on the pages to which I linked
(in the "Comments" section below) were helpful. If you consider my
contribution to be fully satisfactory as the official answer to your
question, I'll be glad to repost the links and collect the fee. If
not, I'll be glad to find additional material as needed. Just let me
know.

Best regards,
pinkfreud

Hi

Would it be called Barbapapa?  They were a family of different
coloured blobs in the early 1970s and I think they came from France
originally.  I remember there was the dad (Barbapapa) and his wife
(Barbamama) and I think about 7 child blobs all different colours and
shapes and names obviously.  Barbapapa was a big pink blob and his
wife was a big black blob.  Thats all I can remember....hope it
helps...though rereading what I've written, it just sounds as if I've
been on the happy juice all night!

Here are pictures of Barbapapa and his family:

http://www.naughtykitty.org/barbapapa/barbameet.html

A synopsis of the book "Barbapapa's New House":

http://www.naughtykitty.org/barbapapa/newhouse.html

You guys are great!  That is the book!  As soon as I saw the
characters on the link that pinkfreud posted I knew that was it! 
Thank you so much!  I thought I was dreaming the whole darn thing!

Oh, thank you too sungodezz!  I thought I was going to need happy
juice if I didn't find this book!  :)

Thanks again!