Daniel Manus Pinkwater

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. 50,000 first printing.

How Neddie Took the Train, Went to Hollywood, and Saved Civilization

The Neddiad

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-whiskeredgirl really exists.

Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl

Walter Galt, Winston Bongo, and their female friend Rat have an adventure involving a beatnik poet and a werewolf.

The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror

Arthur goes to pick up the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner but comes back with a 260-pound chicken.

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency

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.

The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death

Calef Brown

In this suspenseful series to The Neddiad, Iggy finds himself wrapped up in a dangerous mystery as Valentino, La Brea Woman, and the ghosts of Los Angeles suddenly start disappearing.

How Iggy Wondered what Happened to All the Ghosts, Found Out where They Went, and Went There

The Yggyssey

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 Boy from Mars

Alan Mendelsohn

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.

Bear in Love

The Wild Dada Ducks members cause all sorts of mischief around their junior high school, but although the boys are not bad, they like to pretend that they are true dadaists with unintentional and irrational behavior.

Young Adult Novel

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.

Kat Hats

When a seagull drops a can of orange paint on his neat house, Mr. Plumbean gets an idea that affects his entire neighborhood.

The Big Orange Splot

In the 1960s, Harold Knishke, a Chicago teenager with a special place in his heart for Bushman, the famed departed gorilla of the Lincoln Park Zoo, embarks on a hometown adventure, in a quest to become a great artist and figure out how he became the object of a famous folk song.

Bushman Lives!

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

Fat Men from Space

Set in the 1950s in Chicago, Robert Nifkin tells his highly unorthodox high school experiences in the form of a college application essay.

The Education of Robert Nifkin

Wolfgang Amadeus Mazart helps Inspector LeChat catch the thief who is stealing all the muffins of Europe.

The Muffin Fiend

While visiting Rochester, New York, young Eugene meets the strange Professor Ambrose McFwain and goes out with him in his boat to search for a mysterious sea monster that has been sighted on Lake Ontario.

Mystery Monster of Lake Ontario

Yobgorgle

Judy Blume

Jerry Spinelli

Patricia MacLachlan

Susan Richards Shreve

Gathers selections from stories by Judy Blume, Clyde Robert Bulla, Beverly Cleary, Terri Fields, Johanna Hurwitz, Astrid Lindgren, Patrical MacLachlan, Colleen O'Shaughnessy McKenna, Patricia C. McKissack, Daniel Pinkwater, Susan Shreve, and Jerry Spinelli

It's Fine to Be Nine

Jill Pinkwater

A guide to buying, training, and caring for a dog, with special emphasis on understanding its personality, feelings, and reactions to new situations.

How to Choose, Raise, and Train the Best Possible Dog for You

Superpuppy

After hearing strict Madame Swoboda's admonition that "bears have no place in ballet" Larry the lovable polar bear and his friends at the zoo ask little Mildred Frobisher to teach them ballet so they can "tell a story and express feelings through movement" because all polar bears dance. That's what polar bears do.

Daniel Manus Pinkwater

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