Charles Ogden

Fire ants. Fraud. Footie pajamas. Twins Edgar and Ellen live alone -- their parents disappeared years ago, and who can blame them? -- in the quaint, little town of Nod's Limbs, in a grim, gray house overlooking the cemetery and the junkyard. They spend their days avoiding Heimertz, the mysterious accordion-playing caretaker; pestering Pet, a hairy, one-eyed creature of indeterminate species and gender; and wreaking havoc on the hapless citizens of Nod's Limbs. But wreaking havoc can incur expenses, so the twins come up with a unique fund-raising scheme: They'll nab the pets of Nod's Limbs and transform them into exotic animals they can sell for big bucks. Not a bad plan, if one of the purloined pets wasn't a lethargic python with a raging appetite....

Rare Beasts

The fun continues in this brilliant, hilarious (and nefarious) new series - Edgar & Ellen - that has been originated in the US. The series smartly combines the influences of Edgar Allen Poe, Norman Rockwell, and Victorian-era literature in hilarious stories of gothic, creepy twins who live in a community of kindly townspeople, covered bridges, and milk trucks. A strange combination perhaps, but the result is pure mischief. Times two. In THE TOURIST TRAP, Edgar & Ellen take over a tour group and lead a prestigious collection of celebrities on a hair-raising trek around town. Edgar & Ellen are delightfully bad, bad, bad. Children will continue to respond to their outrageous behaviour, as well as cheer on the inevitable conclusion: that Edgar and Ellen's trickery always gets them in the end.

Tourist Trap

Someone is causing havoc in Nod's Limbs - and it's not Edgar and Ellen! The construction of Mayor Knightleigh's new hotel is being blocked by mysterious acts of sabotage. The twins are determined to unveil the saboteur (after all, they want in on the destruction!) and descend into the vast maze of tunnels under town, where they unearth a secret laboratory. They also find Eugenia Smithy, the daughter of a rival construction company turned down for the hotel commission. The twins agree to band together with her to sabotage the construction - watch out Mayor Knightleigh!

Under Town

Rick Carton

Mischievous twins Edgar and Ellen must thwart the plan of Mayor Knightleigh's wife to renovate their crumbling house, but Edgar has to plot alone when a hairy, one-eyed creature turns Ellen into a model of proper behavior.

Pet's Revenge

Prankster twins Edgar and Ellen think they have found kindred spirits when they join the circus to escape from their mysterious caretaker and the one-eyed creature Pet, but they soon discover that it is hard to tell friend from foe.

High Wire

In his lab, Edgar concocts a potion called Hair-Gone that leaves the victim bald. But when Pet gets a hold of the potion, Edgar and Ellen chase after it witnessing what happens as the potion spills on various things, including them.

A Pop-up Misadventure

Hair 'em Scare 'em

Nina Schindler

Edgar und Ellen - Kleine Biester

It's all out war with the Knightleigh family, and Edgar and Ellen are rapidly losing ground. But then everyone's attention is diverted by the ghostly hand of fortune: Augustus Nod has launched a treasure hunt from beyond the grave. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

Nod's Limbs

It's obvious that the twins' cyclopic companion Pet has a trick or two up its hairy sleeve when Edgar's fiendish twin Ellen starts minding her manners, wearing bows on her pajamas, and acting nice. $150,000 ad/promo.

Provides readers with an illustrated, fun-filled guide to the art of pranking, complete with sidebars, diagrams, wacky advice, profiles of prankster types, aptitude tests, and more! Original.

Edgar & Ellen Mischief Manual

Glaciers! Snow monsters! Derflootle! The twins are about to get iced. Edgar and Ellen's pursuit of their nemesis, Stephanie Knightleigh, leads them to Frøsthaven, an Arctic village whose cheerful citizens and strange customs remind them of home. What makes this place a sugary sweet duplicate of Nod's Limbs? The secret, alas, is upon the forbidden slopes of the Glöggenheim, where dwells something that doesn't take kindly to being disturbed.

Charles Ogden

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