Daniel Manus Pinkwater
Author
Series
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) Kat hats
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A trained cat who is able to form himself into specialty hats, Thermal Herman is world-renowned for his warmth and agility, but when a friend wanders off with a brain freeze and finds themself in peril, Thermal Herman must rush in to save the day"--OCLC.
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the mid-1950s, Yggdrasil Birnbaum and her friends, Seamus and Neddie, journey to Old New Hackensack, which is on another plane, to try to learn why ghosts are disappearing from the Birnbaum's hotel and other Hollywood, California, locations.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The bear's hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. Each animal says no, some more elaborately than others. But just as the bear begins to despond, a deer comes by and asks a simple question that sparks the bear's memory and renews his search with a vengeance. Told completely in dialogue, this delicious take on the classic repetitive tale plays out in sly...
Author
Publisher
Tachyon
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Molly O'Malley is a clever, adventurous girl. She is also a Dwerg. Dwergs are strange folks who live very quietly in the Catskill mountains, have lots of gold, and are kind of like dwarves (but also not!). Molly isn't interested in cooking and weaving, as she is expected to be. So, she sets off to see the world for herself. Which means a new job, a trip to New York City, prowling gangsters, an adorable king, a city witch, and many historical ghosts....
9) The Neddiad
Author
Language
English
Formats
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.
12) I am the dog
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Jacob trades places for the day with his dog Max and discovers the joys of chasing balls, eating kibble, and getting scratched behind the ears.
13) Bear's picture
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
A bear continues to paint what he likes despite criticism from two passing gentlemen.
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Collects four books, originally published separately between 1975 and 1997, featuring the theft of muffins, a superhero named Wingman, a talking goose, and a boy who intercepts radio transmissions from space aliens."--
17) Young Larry
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
After being hit on the head by his mother and told to fend for himself, Larry the polar bear floats from Baffin Bay to New Jersey where he gets a job as a lifeguard.
18) Borgel
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
Melvin recounts his extraordinary adventures in time and space with his 111-year-old sort of great-Uncle Borgel.
20) Wolf Christmas
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
On the longest night of the year, a family of wolves takes a run through the woods to see the unusual sight of a human family's Christmas celebration.