Daniel Pinkwater Books In Order

Magic Moscow Books In Order

  1. The Magic Moscow (1980)
  2. Attila the Pun (1981)
  3. Slaves of Spiegel (1982)
  4. The Magic Moscow Stories (2014)

Snarkout Boys Books In Order

  1. The Avocado of Death (1982)
  2. The Baconburg Horror (1984)

Big Bob Books In Order

  1. Big Bob and the Magic Valentine’s Day Potato (1999)
  2. Big Bob and the Thanksgiving Potatoes (1999)
  3. Big Bob and the Halloween Potatoes (2000)
  4. Big Bob and the Winter Holiday Potato (2001)

The Werwolf Club Books In Order

  1. The Magic Pretzel (2000)
  2. The Lunchroom of Doom (2000)
  3. Meets Dorkula (2001)
  4. The Hound of the Basketballs (2001)
  5. Meets Oliver Twit (2002)

Irving & Muktuk Books In Order

  1. Two Bad Bears (2001)
  2. Bad Bears in the Big City (2004)
  3. Bad Bears and a Bunny (2005)
  4. Bad Bear Detectives (2006)
  5. Bad Bears Go Visiting (2007)

Fat Camp Commandos Books In Order

  1. Fat Camp Commandos (2001)
  2. Fat Camp Commandos Go West (2002)

Neddiad Books In Order

  1. The Neddiad (2007)
  2. The Yggyssey (2009)

Larry the Polar Bear Books In Order

  1. Sleepover Larry (2007)

Mrs. Noodlekugel Books In Order

  1. Mrs. Noodlekugel (2012)
  2. Mrs. Noodlekugel and Four Blind Mice (2013)

Novels

  1. Wizard Crystal (1973)
  2. Magic Camera (1974)
  3. Wingman (1975)
  4. Lizard Music (1976)
  5. The Hoboken Chicken Emergency (1977)
  6. Fat Men from Space (1977)
  7. The Last Guru (1978)
  8. Return of the Moose (1979)
  9. Alan Mendelsohn (1979)
  10. Yobgorgle (1979)
  11. Java Jack (1980)
  12. The Worms of Kukumlima (1981)
  13. Young Adult Novel (1982)
  14. Borgel (1990)
  15. The Phantom of the Lunch Wagon (1992)
  16. Blue Moose and Return of the Moose (1993)
  17. Spaceburger (1993)
  18. The Time Tourists (1993)
  19. The Afterlife Diet (1995)
  20. Mush, a Dog from Space (1995)
  21. Goose Night (1996)
  22. The Magic Goose (1997)
  23. The Education of Robert Nifkin (1998)
  24. Mush’s Jazz Adventure (2002)
  25. Looking for Bobowicz (2004)
  26. The Artsy Smartsy Club (2005)
  27. Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl (2010)
  28. Bushman Lives! (2012)
  29. Young Adults (2014)
  30. Adventures of a Dwergish Girl (2020)
  31. Crazy in Poughkeepsie (2022)

Collections

  1. 5 Novels (1997)
  2. 4 Fantastic Novels (2000)
  3. It’s Fine to Be Nine (2000)
  4. Uncle Boris in the Yukon (2001)
  5. Once Upon a Blue Moose (2006)
  6. Four Hoboken Stories (2017)
  7. Four Different Stories (2018)

Picture Books

  1. The Terrible Roar (1970)
  2. Bear’s Picture (1972)
  3. Fat Elliot and the Gorilla (1974)
  4. Three Big Hogs (1975)
  5. Blue Moose (1975)
  6. Around Fred’s Bed (1976)
  7. The Big Orange Splot (1977)
  8. The Blue Thing (1977)
  9. Pickle Creature (1979)
  10. The Wuggie Norple Story (1980)
  11. Tooth-Gnasher Superflash (1981)
  12. Roger’s Umbrella (1982)
  13. I Was a Second Grade Werewolf (1983)
  14. Devil in the Drain (1984)
  15. Ducks! (1984)
  16. Jolly Roger (1985)
  17. The Muffin Fiend (1986)
  18. The Moosepire (1986)
  19. The Frankenbagel Monster (1986)
  20. Aunt Lulu (1988)
  21. Guys from Space (1989)
  22. Uncle Melvin (1989)
  23. Doodle Flute (1991)
  24. Wempires (1991)
  25. I Was a Class Two Werewolf (1992)
  26. Author’s Day (1993)
  27. Ned Feldman, Space Pirate (1994)
  28. Wallpaper from Space (1996)
  29. At the Hotel Larry (1997)
  30. Young Larry (1997)
  31. Second-Grade Ape (1998)
  32. Bongo Larry (1998)
  33. Wolf Christmas (1998)
  34. Ice-Cream Larry (1999)
  35. Rainy Morning (1999)
  36. Cone Kong (2002)
  37. The Picture of Morty & Ray (2003)
  38. Dancing Larry (2006)
  39. Yo-Yo Man (2007)
  40. Beautiful Yetta (2010)
  41. I Am the Dog (2010)
  42. Bear in Love (2012)
  43. Beautiful Yetta’s Hanukkah Kitten (2014)
  44. Bear and Bunny (2015)
  45. Vampires of Blinsh (2020)
  46. Kat Hats (2022)

Chapter Books

  1. Mrs. Noodlekugel and Drooly the Bear (2015)

Non fiction

  1. Superpuppy (1982)
  2. Fish Whistle (1989)
  3. Chicago Days Hoboken Nights (1991)
  4. Hoboken Fish & Chicago Whistle (1999)
  5. Music and Dance (2002)

Magic Moscow Book Covers

Snarkout Boys Book Covers

Big Bob Book Covers

The Werwolf Club Book Covers

Irving & Muktuk Book Covers

Fat Camp Commandos Book Covers

Neddiad Book Covers

Larry the Polar Bear Book Covers

Mrs. Noodlekugel Book Covers

Novels Book Covers

Collections Book Covers

Picture Books Book Covers

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Non fiction Book Covers

Daniel Pinkwater Books Overview

The Avocado of Death

Walter and Winston set out to rescue the inventor of the Alligatron, a computer developed from an avocado which is the world’s last defense against the space realtors.

Big Bob and the Magic Valentine’s Day Potato

Big Bob, Big Gloria, Tina Tiny, and Billy Thimble put their heads together to come up with an exciting class project for Valentine’s Day. Their reward? A visit from the Magic Valentine’s Day Potato, of course!

Big Bob and the Thanksgiving Potatoes

Life can be difficult when you are big. And Big Bob is very big. He’s lucky to find a friend in Big Gloria, who, like Big Bob, is a vegetarian. What’s their favorite food, even for Thanksgiving dinner? Potatoes! Potatoes! Potatoes!

Big Bob and the Halloween Potatoes

Mr. Salami, formerly a cowboy, announces to his second grade class that they will be cutting out pumpkins to decorate the classroom for Halloween. Big Gloria objects, stating the potato as the preferred emblem over the pumpkin. But Mr. Salami stands his ground: pumpkins, not potatoes. Big Gloria is resourceful, however, and she finds a way to celebrate Halloween with pumpkins and potatoes!

The Magic Pretzel

Even a child who is pure of heart And does his homework neatly May become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms And the moon is full completely Norman Gnormal’s parents actually wanted a dog and not a little boy. So they raised little Norman as if he were one. ‘I had a happy puppyhood,’ Norman claims. But when he arrives at Watson Elementary School, students tease him, ‘Fido! Drinks from the toilet! Lassie!’ In an effort to help him adjust, Principal Pantaloni enlists Norman in the Werewolf Club. Though not actually a werewolf himself, Norman gains acceptance from his new friends for his ability to run on all fours and his genuine delight in liverwurst milkshakes. When they learn that their beloved teacher Mr. Talbot is cursed with werewolfdom, the Club must come to his rescue by locating Alexander the Great’s Magic Pretzel the only known cure for werewolves stuck in full time wolf mode. Through the adventure, the danger, the outrageous fun, the Werewolf Club bonds into an unholy, howling, drooling pack of wolf like beasts. It can only be said of the little lycanthropes, ‘It is not your fault, my children! You were born under an unlucky star!’

The Lunchroom of Doom

Even a child who is pure of heart And does his homework neatly May become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms And the moon is full completely Werewolf Club member Billy Furball has been banned from the school lunchroom for having a food fight with himself. Worse yet, Dr. Cookie Mendoza, the Board of Education Psychiatrist, insists that none of the members of the club are really werewolves because werewolves don’t exist. How will our heroes confront such crises? To support their pal Billy, the other members of the Club boycott the school lunchroom, too. All end up dining instead at Honest Tom’s Tibetan American Lunchroom where they get to know Captain Sterling, of the North American Space Squad, and Carla Lola Carolina, the restaurant’s manager. When Carla undergoes a rather strange transformation the situation gets serious! Only a grisly encounter with alien meatballs…
oh, it’s too horrible to tell. You’ll have to read The Lunchroom of Doom yourself to see what happens.

Meets Dorkula

Even a child who is pure of heart And does his homework neatly May become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms And the moon is full completely Henry Count Dorkula, the geeky new kid, claims to be a vampire. Mr. Talbot, faculty sponsor of the Watson Elementary School Werewolf Club, insists that vampires don’t exist being a werewolf himself, he should know about such things, but the members of the club aren’t so sure. Henry seems to have Billy Furball, the most unsanitary member of the club, under some sort of spell. Billy’s been following him around, calling him ‘Master.’ Pretty soon stranger things begin to happen. There are no overripe tomatoes to throw at the annual Festival of San Irvingo. Then Mrs. Mildred Papescu’s prize winning Hubbard squash the size of a Volkswagen disappears. Before you can say ‘papaya,’ there’s a serious fruit and vegetable shortage all over town. You wouldn’t think there’d be a connection between a vampire on the loose and a fruit and vegetable crisis, but then, you’re not one of the intrepid members of the Watson Elementary School Werewolf Club. They know Henry is at the center of the mystery, and they’re going to get some answers or else.

The Hound of the Basketballs

Even a child who is pure of heart And does his homework neatly May become a wolf when the wolfsbane blooms And the moon is full completely What’s small and round and smells like knackwurst, and is very, very scary? The Werewolf Club is about to find out! After a stop at the Local Yokel Diner to eat jitterbugs you don’t want to know, the young werewolves are off to Basketball Hall, the ancestral home of their teacher Mr. Talbot’s uncle, Hugo Basketball. Generations of Basketballs have been cursed by their servants, the peculiar Barrymores, it’s so hard to get good help not to mention by the monstrous Hound of the Basketballs. Who better to vanquish the frightful hound, Hugo figures, than a pack of werewolves? So, with the moon full and their bellies full of knackwurst and sauerkraut, our intrepid heroes are once again risking their young lives to rid the world of evil. But what about the haunted pastrami?

Meets Oliver Twit

Even a child who is pure of heart And does his homework neatly May become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms And the moon is full completely Mr. Talbot has taken the Werewolf Club to London! Unfortunately, they made the trip in Uncle H. G. Talbot’s unreliable time and space machine, and they’ve arrived in 1890 London where it might be a tad difficult to buy the 212 double A batteries they need for the machine to get them home. The Werewolf Club’s goose is cooked and not for a good old fashioned English Christmas dinner. While they’re figuring out what to do, the young werewolves have plenty of time to take in some sights usually missed by your average tour bus, and even help legendary detective Sherlock Holmes thwart the notorious Jack the Schlepper’s attempt to steal the crown jewels from the Tower of London. There will always be an England but never one like the Werewolf Club’s England.

Two Bad Bears

Every year the little town of Yellowtooth celebrates the New Year with a Blueberry Muffin Festival. But every year, the festivities come under a shadow cast by Irving and Muktuk, two polar bears whose badness is equaled only by their thick headedness. These bears are muffin pilferers of the worst kind. Therefore, they have to contend with Officer Bunny, who is the law in Yellowtooth. Officer Bunny is wise in the ways of the North, and knows how to protect a muffin. As the years go by, Irving and Muktuk’s muffin getting schemes turn more and more devious, keeping Officer Bunny on his toes as he tries to figure out what to do with the crafty though dimwitted bears once and for all.

Bad Bears in the Big City

Irving and Muktuk have arrived from Yellowtooth in the frozen North to their new home in the Bayonne, New Jersey, Zoo. There they meet another polar bear, Roy, who tells them about his life outside the zoo. Roy goes home every night at six when the zoo closes. After a week of swimming, eating fish and the occasional muffin thrown to them by zoo visitors, playing, and taking naps, Irving and Muktuk feel bored and restless. They decide to explore life outside the walls and go in search of Roy and more muffins. Soon their escape is discovered and the zookeepers, the zoo director, and the police are called. Are these polar bears to be trusted?

Bad Bears and a Bunny

Irving and Muktuk are polar bears in the Bayonne, New Jersey, zoo. They wish they had privileges like their polar bear friend Roy, who goes home every night at six o clock. But they are known as bad bears. The Zoo Director thinks Irving and Muktuk are not to be trusted.

One morning a small white bunny shows up, eating grass at the edge of the polar bear enclosure. Irving and Muktuk aren t sure what to make of it. They don t know how to behave. They make the bunny mad. Trouble is brewing at the zoo.

When their friend Roy invites them to a party at a fancy hotel, Irving and Muktuk are asked to behave themselves. They assure Roy that they can be trusted. But trust doesn t come easily, and when the bears arrive at the party, they are soon put to the test.

Bad Bear Detectives

When a shipment of imported Italian muffins goes missing, Irving and Muktuk become the key suspects. Everyone knows their weakness for muffins and immediately think they are responsible!Irving and Muktuk realize that in order to clear their smirched names, they have to find the culprit themselves. They disguise themselves, sniff out some clues, interview possible witnesses, and try to find the thief. As with all good mysteries, the clues lead to a surprise ending.

Bad Bears Go Visiting

Irving and Muktuk are cheating each other at cards when their polar bear friend Larry drops by for a visit. The bears eat cake topped with little fishes that Larry has brought, play a spirited game of volleyball, and afterward chat pleasantly until Larry goes home. Visits, Irving and Muktuk decide, are nice. The next evening, when all is quiet at the zoo, the Bad Bears sneak out to pay a refined visit of their own. When they arrive at the home of the Beachball family, things as usual for the baffled bruins get out of hand.

Fat Camp Commandos

In this sequel to ‘Fat Camp Commandos‘ the fat camp dropouts are back ready to raise a ruckus at a western dude ranch. It’s not enough that Ralph and Sylvia Nebula and their dear friend, Celtic witch Mavis Goldfarb have absconded from fat camp. It’s not enough that they’ve perpetrated pranks on the people of Pookooksie. These anti social tubs of lard won’t stop there. Now, they’re primed to challenge the great traditions of our nation, the things we learned as children in dark movie theaters, and in front of the TV during the four o’clock John Wayne spaghetti western. Yes, that’s right, theyre headed to the Great American West. Imagine the fat camp kids against the setting of the west: down the dusty street, tumbleweeds tumbling, the languid sun beating down. Doc Atkins, a dissolute gunfigter, will learn that these kids are not to be trifled with. If you give them a trifle, they will eat it.

Fat Camp Commandos Go West

In this sequal to Fat Camp Commandos, the fat camp dropouts are back ready to raise a ruckus at a western dude ranch!It’s not enough that Ralph and Sylvia Nebula along with their dear friends, Celtic and Mavis Goldfarb have absconded from fat camp. It’s not enough that they’ve perpertrated pranks on the people of Pookooksie. Oh, no! These rapscallions, these anti social tubs of lard, won’t stop there. Now, they are primed to challenge the great traditions of our nation, the very things we have learned as children in dark movie theaters and in front of the TV during the four o’clock John Wayne spaghetti western. Yes, that’s right, they’re headed to the Great American West. Don’t their parents know better? Apparently not. They’re letting loose the same three kids who sacked Camp Noo Yoo as if they were Attila and his Huns.

The Neddiad

The old powers try to come back, and the planet is plunged into chaos, and civilization is destroyed, and it gets all violent and evil…
the old legends tell that a hero…
with the sacred turtle, always…

Los Angeles, California.
Neddie Wentworthstein is the guy with the turtle.
Sandor Eucalyptus is the guy with the jellybean.
Sholmos Bunyip wants the turtle…
and he’ll stop at nothing to get it.

This is the story of how Neddie, three good friends, a shaman, a ghost, and a little maneuver known as the French substitution determine the fate of the world.

The Yggyssey

A sequel to critically acclaimed THE NEDDIAD told from the point of view of Ned’s friend, Iggy

La Brea Woman is missing. Valentino, too. The ghosts of Los Angeles are disappearing right and left!

Iggy Birnbaum is determined to get to the bottom of this mystery, no matter what Neddie Wentworthstein and Seamus Finn say.

There’s just the little matter of traveling to another plane of existence, first and then, of course, not pissing off a witch once she gets there.

From L.A. to Old New Hackensack, fans of The Neddiad will be delighted to join up with Iggy, Neddie, Seamus, and the usual apparitional entourage for another weird and wonderful adventure by Daniel Pinkwater. As Neil Gaiman said about the first book: ‘it’s funny and tender and strange and impossible to describe. What Pinkwater does is magic and I’m grateful for it.’

THE IGGYSSEY is vintage Pinkwater: laugh out loud funny, incredible characters, dialogue, humor. And like THE NEDDIAD, this book will be similarly illustrated throughout by Calef Brown.

Sleepover Larry

Larry the polar bear is back and better than ever as he hosts his very first sleepover party!

Lizard Music

When Victor’s parents go away for two weeks, leaving his older sister in charge, he is glad when she takes off on a vacation of her own. Home alone, Victor can do anything he wants. He stays up late, eats his pizza with anchovies, visits the zoo, and enjoys his favorite TV news program without interruption. It is while staying up late watching television that he discovers evidence of a secret community of intelligent lizards. In fact there seems to have been an invasion from outer space that went almost unnoticed! In the course of some detective work, he meets the Chicken Man, an eccentric with a hen in his hat who knows about these things. Together they visit the lizards in Thunderbolt City. In a compelling and often endearing account, Victor tells us the fantastic experiences of those two weeks, giving us a startling glimpse at our own lives as well.

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency

SOMETHING’S FOWL IN HOBOKEN. When Arthur Bobowicz is sent out to bring home the family’s Thanksgiving turkey, he returns instead with Henrietta a 266 pound chicken with a mind of her own. Feathers fly when this colossal clucker descends upon Hoboken, New Jersey. Thus begins the hilarious hen tastic tall tale that has kept readers in stitches since Henrietta first pecked her way onto the scene in 1977. Revised with brand new illustrations by Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Auth, this new edition of The Hoboken Chicken Emergency will have readers crowing so hard with laughter, they may just lay an egg!

Fat Men from Space

Through his radio tooth, William learns of an invasion by spacemen who are taking all of earth’s supply of junk food.

Alan Mendelsohn

Leonard’s life at his new junior high is just barely tolerable until he becomes friends with the unusual Alan and with him shares an extraordinary adventure.

The Afterlife Diet

The first commercially published fat novel, or Schmalzroman, this book sold out its first printing in three weeks, and was promptly abandoned by its original publisher. Was this fat prejudice, or just another example of corporate sh*it headedness?

Mush, a Dog from Space

LASSIE, GO HOME MUSH IS HERE! Now that Kelly Mangiaro’s family has moved out of their apartment into a house, she figures her parents will finally let her get a dog. Instead, her mother gets a job, and Kelly gets a baby sitter. Then Kelly comes upon Mush, a mushamute a breed not recognized by the Westminster Kennel Club, or by anyone else for that matter, possibly because mushamutes come from the planet Growf Woof Woof, in the solar system of Arfturus. Mushamutes can talk, tell time, cook up a storm, and even clean up the kitchen afterwards. Who needs a baby sitter when there’s a mushamute around? Now if only Kelly can persuade her parents to let her keep Mush…
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The Education of Robert Nifkin

The Education of Robert Nifkin is the education of a beatnik. Set in 1950s Chicago and conveyed in the form of a college essay, Robert Nifkin details his journey from a mind numbing high school that smells to the curriculum free carnival of a private school ruled by bohemians, beatniks, and freaks.

Mush’s Jazz Adventure

Now that Mush the talking, cooking, educated dog from space is part of the Mangiaro household, Kelly wants to know more about the planet Growf Woof Woof, and how her dog came to Earth. When the two of them go on a picnic, which Kelly prepares carefully under Mush’s supervision, Kelly asks Mush about her past. ‘Well, it’s such a long story,’ says Mush…
and soon, Kelly is hearing about Mush’s old jazz band, The Hot Animals, and how they dealt with robbers who threatened to knock over their boss’s jive joint!

Looking for Bobowicz

When Nick moved from the leafy suburbs to muggy, urban Hoboken and his bike was stolen, he wasn’t pleased. Then he founda place where he could listen to pirate radio friends with a stack of Classics Comicsnewspaper reports about a kid named Arthur Bobowicz and a 266 pound chicken named Henriettathe secret entrance to Sibyl’s Cave and much, much more, all of it practically true. Get an ice cold Dr. Pedwee’s grape soda and prepare to enjoy this Pinkwater Special, complete with saucy dialogue, snarky wordplay, more than a few red herrings, and one bowl of disgusting oyster stew.

The Artsy Smartsy Club

They were on their own three kids and one giant chicken. Stuck in Hoboken for the summer, Nick Itch, Loretta Fischetti, and Bruno Ugg are really, really bored. After whiling away their time spitting in the Hudson River and trying to teach Henrietta, Nick’s 266 pound chicken, how to juggle marshmallows, they’re ready for something anything to happen. When a mysterious and brilliant chalk artist starts decorating Hoboken’s streets, the three friends are blown away. They set off to explore the art world in a frenzy of adventurous drawing, screeving, and eggplant picnics.

Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl

Big Audrey is a girl…
with cat’s whiskers…
and sort of cat’s eyes. But is there another catwhiskered, sort of cat-eyed girl?
The hilarious story that began with The Neddiad and continued in The Yggyssey comes to its wacky conclusion-sort of-in Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl. Now in paperback, this is the perfect tale for any kid who likes his or her humor a little offbeat and characters that are uniquely their own.


5 Novels

5 Novels
Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars
Slaves of Spiegel
The Last Guru
Young Adult Novel
The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death

4 Fantastic Novels

Four fantastic books in one by the popular author of The Hoboken Chicken Emergency: Borgel Yobgorgle The Worms of Kukumlima The Snarkout Boys & the Baconburg Horror

Uncle Boris in the Yukon

With the candor and wit that he’s known for, Daniel Pinkwater shares heartfelt and often peculiar reflections on the dogs and other assorted creatures that have shaped his life and family traditions. Pinkwater begins with the tale of his colorful Uncle Boris, who sets off on a trek from Warsaw to the Yukon in search of gold. Along the way he strikes up a curious friendship with Jake, the lead dog in his team of malamutes, who, as it happens, converses in perfect Yiddish. This is the first in a series of delightful anecdotes that introduce a curious cast of canines, including a couple of wolf breeds, a Labrador retriever, a few more malamutes, a chow chow, a mutt, and even a Pekinese, among others. A ‘mordantly funny and smartly entertaining mix of memoir and fancy’ Booklist, Uncle Boris in the Yukon shows us a world where, though Pinkwater is top dog, it’s the four legged companions who steal the show.

Once Upon a Blue Moose

Once Upon a Blue Moose, there was a little restaurant at the edge of the big woods. Mr. Breton was happy running the restaurant. He liked to cook, but he didn t like it much when winter came and the north wind blew and froze everything solid. Then one day a blue moose, who also didn t like the cold, came to his door and asked to come in. Mr. Breton said sure, and served the moose some clam chowder. The moose liked the soup, and decided to stay. From that time on, things at the restaurant began to hum. Join the Blue Moose in this hilarious collection of three short novels as he learns to wait tables, writes a novel, goes to Hollywood, solves a mystery, and makes you laugh even in the dark of the cold woods. Includes new wacky but true moose facts!From the Trade Paperback edition.

Bear’s Picture

A bear wants to paint a picture, and so he does; however, two fine, proper gentlemen don t think that it is a very fine picture at all. But just because they don t see what the bear sees doesn t make it a bad picture, right? Daniel Pinkwater turns art and art critics upside down in this classic tale, now beautifully reillustrated by D. B. Johnson.

The Big Orange Splot

When Mr. Plumbeans’ house is splashed with bright orange paint, he decides a multi colored house would be a nice change. This favorite story of creativity and individuality is back by popular demand. Full color. Reissue.

The Wuggie Norple Story

Daniel Pinkwater’s inimitably zany text and Tomie dePaola’s bold illustrations are sure to tickle children and adults alike. ‘A funny story that grows proportionately with each reading’.

Tooth-Gnasher Superflash

Children will flip over this modern tale about a car that does some very extraordinary tricks including turning into a dinosaur. Full color illustrations.

Roger’s Umbrella

Roger’s Umbrella becomes increasingly more wild and uncontrollable until he meets three old ladies who teach him how to talk to it.

I Was a Second Grade Werewolf

Though he has turned into a werewolf, his parents, teacher, and classmates still see him as Lawrence Talbot, second grader.

Devil in the Drain

A boy discovers the devil in a kitchen drain and fearlessly deals with him.

Guys from Space

A boy accompanies some Guys from Space on a visit to another planet, where they discover such incredibly amazing things as talking rocks and root beer with ice cream.

Doodle Flute

Relates how Kevin Spoon acquired a Doodle Flute and made a friend.

Wempires

After watching a horror movie on TV, Jonathan decides he wants to be a vampire. He dresses up in a cape, puts salad oil on his hair, and even wears fangs to school. This amusing tale will have young readers in stitches, while easing any fears of ‘things that go bump in the night.’

At the Hotel Larry

A young girl and Larry, the polar bear who lives in her father’s hotel, enjoy each other’s company and, on an outing to the zoo, they discover Larry’s brother Roy.

Young Larry

Young Larry is a Marshall Cavendish publication.

Second-Grade Ape

Flash Fleetwood finds a very quiet gorilla which he names Phil, and, to the delight of the second grade students, their teacher Mrs. Hotdogbun says he may attend school along with them.

Bongo Larry

Bongo Larry is a Marshall Cavendish publication.

Wolf Christmas

Wolf Christmas is a Marshall Cavendish publication.

Ice-Cream Larry

After he eats an eighth of a ton of ice cream at Cohen’s Cones, Larry the polar bear happily becomes the spokesbear for the Iceberg Ice Cream Company under the slogan, ‘I do not feel sick.’

Cone Kong

In a humorous retelling of a classic movie, Daniel Pinkwater presents Cone Kong, the story of an ice cream cone of spectacular size. Captain Charles Handsome has captured an ice cream cone of unusual size to display in the Big City. But Cone Kong escapes his captor and flees with Bouncing Betty Beautiful to the top of Igloo Tower! Who will save her? Will Cone Kong escape? This hilarious adventure is penned by the one and only Daniel Pinkwater, whose witty writing style makes this book perfect for summer reading!

The Picture of Morty & Ray

A classic horror movie on TV inspires Morty and Ray to paint a picture of themselves for all the wrong reasons. You may be tempted to cry out, ‘Stop!’ But the boys are having too much fun to listen. Bubbling with questions of pickle juice and Art, Daniel Pinkwater’s riotous tale tells of nice boys heading for trouble and friendship put to the test. Visual virtuoso Jack E. Davis pulls out all the stops to give readers a wild ride. Were this a movie, it would win an Oscar.

Dancing Larry

Dancing Larry is a Marshall Cavendish publication.

Yo-Yo Man

It is the first day of school. The first day of third grade. Between Mrs. Mousetrap’s miserable spelling tests and the arm-twisting antics of smelly, candy-sucking Richard Newton, it’s already looking ugly.

Then comes recess-and Ramon: The World Yo-yo Champion appears with his awesome King Tut Royal Egyptian Yo-yo. Even Richard Newton is in awe.

With bobbing, humming, sparkling speed, Daniel Pinkwater and Jack E. Davis draw us into a dizzyingly satisfying tale of yo-yo success.

Beautiful Yetta

Yetta, Beautiful Yetta, manages to escape from the butcher’s shop. But now she is lost in Brooklyn a strange place filled with rude rats and dangerous buses!!??????geVAHLT!Oh, dear!But then, brave Yetta saves a small green bird from a sneaky cat, and his friends, the wild parrots of Brooklyn, are very grateful. Muchas gracias, gallina hermosa! mooCHAS grahSEEas, gahYEEna ehrMOsa! Thank you very much, beautiful chicken!Has Beautiful Yetta found her new home? Inspired by real events, this multilingual story is a witty, warm, and wonderful read aloud for any age.

Superpuppy

First published more than 20 years ago, Superpuppy was instantly celebrated for its unique approach to dog training, which emphasizes the importance of understanding a dog’s personality. Clarion is proud to announce the publication of a revised edition, updated for contemporary readers and featuring brand new cover art. Award winning authors Jill and Daniel Pinkwater share their enthusiasm and knowledge in this accessible guidebook. Readers will find advice on all aspects of puppy care, from how to pick the right puppy to the proper way to housebreak and train it. Enlivened by personal anecdotes and enhanced by black and white illustrations, the new Superpuppy is sure to be embraced by loyal fans as well as a new generation of dog enthusiasts.

Music and Dance

This entertaining celebration of culture shows children different musical instruments and traditional forms of dance around the world. Fascinating photos feature unusual instruments and tradtional costumes from various cultures.

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