Best Selling Books by Daniel Manus Pinkwater

Third grade improves dramatically for a boy after he makes up his mind to win the upcoming yo-yo tournament.

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

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.

When his parents go away for two weeks, Victor goes on his own vacation-right at home! Now he can stay up as late as he wants and watch his favorite television shows! After the late, late show one night, something strange happens. A band of lizards appears on the screen, playing the most outrageous music Victor has ever heard. They''re not in the TV listings, but every night, they''re there. With the help of the Chicken Man, Victor is able to track down the lizards. The journey takes him to Thunderbolt City, on a trip that will change the way Victor sees the world forever.

Another Pinkwaterpalooza, jam-packed with off-beat characters and wild happenings for a one-of-a-kind coming of age adventure!

Once upon a blue moose, there was a little restaurant at the edge of the big woods. Mr. Breton was happy running the restaurant. He liked to cook, but he didn’t like it much when winter came and the north wind blew and froze everything solid. Then one day a blue moose, who also didn’t like the cold, came to his door and asked to come in. Mr. Breton said sure, and served the moose some clam chowder. The moose liked the soup, and decided to stay. From that time on, things at the restaurant began to hum. Join the Blue Moose in this hilarious collection of three short novels as he learns to wait tables, writes a novel, goes to Hollywood, solves a mystery, and makes you laugh even in the dark of the cold woods. Includes new wacky but true moose facts! From the Trade Paperback edition.

Upon moving to Hoboken, New Jersey, a boy convinces his two new friends to help him track down the mysterious phantom who stole his bicycle, as well as Arthur Bobowicz, owner of a giant chicken that once terrorized local citizens.

Best friends Bear and Bunny wander through the woods looking for food, singing songs, and talking about what kind of pet they might like to adopt.

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

From the hilarious and subversive children''s author, essayist and NPR commentator, true tales drawn from his cordial--if dysfunctional--relationships with the dogs in his life. illustrations.

The blue moose who helps Mr. Breton run his restaurant writes what he is sure is the greatest book ever written by man or moose until he sees how a publisher changed his story..

"In this collection of recollections, Daniel Pinkwater explains how training to be a sculptor made him a children''s book writer. Along the leisurely path from Chicago to Hoboken you''ll encounter his Zen-like artistic mentor, the heartbreak of writing a comic strip, and the Pinkwater Test for the Humor-Impaired"--

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

Roger''s umbrella becomes increasingly more wild and uncontrollable until he meets three old ladies who teach him how to talk to it.

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.

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.

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.

Lawrence Talbot''s imagination takes hold as he spends a day convinced he is a werewolf