Daniel Pinkwater
Author
Series
Mrs. Noodlekugel volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nick and Maxine have a new babysitter--the eccentric Mrs. Noodlekugel who lives in the funny little house behind their drab high-rise apartment building along with her feline butler, Mr. Fuzzface, and three myopic mice.
2) Bear in love
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
A bear with a secret admirer who leaves sweet, crunchy treats outside his cave each night tries to repay the kindness with honey, but comes to find out that his new friend is smaller, cuter, and fonder of carrots than any bear.
3) Lizard Music
Author
Publisher
New York Review Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
An ALA Notable Book
Kids ages 9-12 will “delight in [the] oddness” of this Home Alone-style tale set in the 1970s—from a prolific children’s author who captures “a magic that’s not like anyone else’s” (Neil Gaiman).
With Victor’s parents out of town, he is free to investigate the mysterious lizard musicians who have recently appeared on TV . . .
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Kids ages 9-12 will “delight in [the] oddness” of this Home Alone-style tale set in the 1970s—from a prolific children’s author who captures “a magic that’s not like anyone else’s” (Neil Gaiman).
With Victor’s parents out of town, he is free to investigate the mysterious lizard musicians who have recently appeared on TV . . .
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Author
Series
Publisher
Phoenix Books, Inc
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
Combine a crime, a criminal, a fat man in a fez, and a guy named "Chicken Man," and you get a zany sci-fi adventure that defies gravity. As Wizard of Comedy Daniel M. Pinkwater transports the Snarkout Boys and the Rat through the tunnel under North Aufzoo Street to the warmth of Beanbenders, you'll meet some strange characters and learn much about the versatile avocado. The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death is a sci-fi mystery adventure...
Author
Series
Publisher
Phoenix Books, Inc
Language
English
Description
Great questions have always been raised by literature. Moby Dick asks, "Doesn't anyone ever get seasick?" The Odyssey asks, "Doesn't anyone ever get seasick?" The Snarkout Boys & the Baconburg Horror asks: "Why doesn't everyone get food poisoning? How do they survive so many greasy snacks?" "Is Dr. Ormond Sacker really a psychiatrist? Why did the Bongos name their son Winston? (Could he be adopted?)" "Why are werewolves like
...Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Multiple
Description
Yetta, the beautiful chicken, breaks free from the truck that is carrying her to market. She quickly realizes the big city is nothing like the chicken farm. She is scared and confused until she meets and saves the life of a little, green parrot.
Author
Series
Mrs. Noodlekugel volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In a wonderfully loopy third episode, Nick and Maxine are surprised to meet Captain Noodlekugel, back from the sea with a somewhat untrainable bear." -- Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Mrs. Noodlekugel volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When Mrs. Noodlekugel's four mice make a terrible mess with cookie crumbs at tea, she decides to take them on the bus to visit the eye doctor-- and invites Nick and Maxine to come along!
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Upon moving to Hoboken, New Jersey, a boy convinces his two new friends to help him track down the mysterious phantom who stole his bicycle, as well as Arthur Bobowicz, owner of a giant chicken that once terrorized local citizens.
Author
Series
Irving and Muktuk stories volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Irving and Muktuk, two polar bears, enjoy themselves so much when Larry comes to visit them that the next time they escape from the zoo in Bayonne, New Jersey, they decide to pay a visit themselves.
Author
Series
Irving and Muktuk stories volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Two muffin-loving polar bears make a yearly attempt to use stealth and subterfuge to get muffins at the Yellowtooth Blueberry Muffin Festival.
15) Sleepover Larry
Author
Series
Larry books volume 5
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
After little Mildred Frobisher has a sleepover at the hotel where she lives with her parents and Larry the polar bear, Larry decides that he too would like to host a sleepover for his friends.
Author
Series
Neddiad volume 3
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Big Audrey, who has cat-like whiskers, and her telephathic friend Molly set out on a journey to find out why flying saucers are landing behind the old stone barn in Poughkeepsie, New York, and, more importantly, to determine whether another cat-whiskered girl really exists.
Author
Series
Neddiad volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
When shoelace heir Neddie Wentworthstein and his family take the train from Chicago to Los Angeles in the 1940s, he winds up in possession of a valuable Indian turtle artifact whose owner is supposed to be able to prevent the impending destruction of the world, but he is not sure exactly how.
Author
Series
Irving and Muktuk stories volume 4
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Although they intend to live up to their notorious reputations when they are invited to a fancy hotel party, polar bears Irving and Muktuk end up behaving themselves when a scary bunny shows up.
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