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 Education of Robert Nifkin
Daniel Manus PinkwaterThe 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 carni...
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 desc...
With signature wit and whimsy, the inimitable Daniel Pinkwater introduces an eccentric, endearing babysitter every child will wish they could have.Nick and Maxine live in a tall building with one apartment on top of another. So when t...
Mrs. Noodlekugel and Drooly the Bear
Daniel Manus PinkwaterIn a wonderfully loopy third episode, Nick and Maxine are surprised to meet Captain Noodlekugel, back from the sea with a somewhat untrainable bear.When their father decides to compete to be speed-knitting champion of the world, Nick ...
Mrs. Noodlekugel and Four Blind Mice
Daniel Manus PinkwaterFour farsighted mice get glasses — and a talking cat solves a family mystery — as the charmingly eccentric Mrs. Noodlekugel returns.When Mrs. Noodlekugel's four mice make a terrible mess with cookie crumbs at tea, she decides to t...
The Yggyssey: How Iggy Wondered What ...
Daniel Manus PinkwaterA sequel to critically acclaimed THE NEDDIAD told from the point of view of Ned's friend, IggyLa Brea Woman is missing. Valentino, too. The ghosts of Los Angeles are disappearing right and left!Iggy Birnbaum is determined to get to th...