Daniel Manus Pinkwater
Author
Series
Mrs. Noodlekugel volume 1
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.
Author
Series
Mrs. Noodlekugel volume 2
Formats
Description
Mrs. Noodlekugel four mice make a terrible mess with crumbs at, she decides to take them on the bus to visit the eye doctor and invites Nick and Maxine to come along.
3) Bear in love
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x27 cm.
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.
Author
Series
Irving and Muktuk stories volume 4
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
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.
Author
Series
Werewolf Club volume 1
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
78 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Description
Fourth-grader Norman Gnormal, who behaves a lot like a dog, finds his first real friends when the principal signs him up for the Werewolf Club at school.
7) I am the dog
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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.
Author
Series
Mrs. Noodlekugel volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
88 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Description
Staying with Mrs. Noodlekugel while their father competes to become a speed knitter, Nick and Maxine are surprised by the return of Captain Noodlekugel, who practices his animal-taming skills on a rather untrainable bear.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Description
Irving and Muktuk, polar bears at the zoo in Bayone, New Jersey, are the natural suspects when someone steals a shipment of imported muffins, but they decide to prove that they are not bad bears by finding the real thief.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations
Description
Huddling with her parrot friends in a warm nest atop a street light as the winter begins, Yetta the Yiddish chicken discovers a stray kitten and must find it a safe home when her parrot friends are reluctant to adopt it.
11) Dancing Larry
Author
Series
Larry books volume 6
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
Larry the polar bear follows in the footsteps of little Mildred Frobisher's ballet class to overcome strict Madame Swoboda's admonition that "bears have no place in ballet."
Author
Series
Werewolf Club volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
57 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
Even a child who is pure of heart and does his homework neatly, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the moon is full completely.
13) Sleepover Larry
Author
Series
Larry books volume 5
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
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 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
307 p. ; 22 cm.
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.