New Releases by Daniel Manus Pinkwater

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

A sequel to critically acclaimed THE NEDDIAD told from the point of view of Ned''s friend, Iggy La Brea Woman is missing. Valentino, too. The ghosts of Los Angeles are disappearing right and left! Iggy Birnbaum is determined to get to the bottom of this mystery, no matter what Neddie Wentworthstein and Seamus Finn say. There''s just the little matter of traveling to another plane of existence, first...and then, of course, not pissing off a witch once she gets there. From L.A. to Old New Hackensack, fans of The Neddiad will be delighted to join up with Iggy, Neddie, Seamus, and the usual apparitional entourage for another weird and wonderful adventure by Daniel Pinkwater. As Neil Gaiman said about the first book: "it''s funny and tender and strange and impossible to describe. What Pinkwater does is magic and I''m grateful for it." THE YGGYSSEY is vintage Pinkwater: laugh out loud funny, incredible characters, dialogue, humor. And like THE NEDDIAD, this book will be similarly illustrated throughout by Calef Brown.

A bear continues to paint what he likes despite criticism from two passing gentlemen.

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

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.

They were on their own -- three kids and one giant chicken. Stuck in Hoboken for the summer, Nick Itch, Loretta Fischetti, and Bruno Ugg are really, really bored. After whiling away their time spitting in the Hudson River and trying to teach Henrietta, Nick''s 266-pound chicken, how to juggle marshmallows, they''re ready for something -- anything -- to happen. When a mysterious and brilliant chalk artist starts decorating Hoboken''s streets, the three friends are blown away. They set off to explore the art world in a frenzy of adventurous drawing, screeving, and eggplant picnics.

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

Popular polar bears Irving and Muktuk are back, and this time they are invited to a party by their friend Roy. But can these troublemakers be trusted outside the zoo? Full color.

Larry eats 250 pounds of ice cream

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.

A young girl and Larry, the polar bear who lives in her father''s hotel, enjoy each other''s company and, on an outing to the zoo, they discover Larry''s brother Roy.

Que faire quand à 13 ans vous devenez en quelques jours la cinquième fortune du pays grâce à des hamburgers bio ? Et surtout que faire lorsque, après vous être réfugié au bout du monde pour avoir la paix, on voit en vous la réincarnation du fondateur d'une secte obscure ? Qu'à cela ne tienne ! Puisque le monde est devenu fou, Harold Blatz accepte son destin : il deviendra le plus jeune et le plus grand gourou de tous les temps...

Two muffin-loving polar bears make a yearly attempt to use stealth and subterfuge to get muffins at the Yellowtooth Blueberry Muffin Festival.

Despite the insistence of her second-grade teacher that their Halloween celebration will focus on pumpkins, Big Gloria finds a way to introduce her favorite vegetable, the potato. Reprint.

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

Mush, a dog from the planet Growf-Woof-Woof, relates how she came to be on Earth, and how she and three other animals formed a jazz ensemble that foiled a band of ice cream parlor robbers.

For their second-grade class celebration of Kwaanza, Chanukah, Christmas and all other winter holidays, Gloria and Big Bob write a play about Potato Claus, friend to children everywhere.

" Flash spécial ! Les millions d'objets volants non-identifiés qui foncent vers notre planète Terre ne sont pas des météorites comme nous l'annoncions dans notre précédent bulletin, mais des obèses vêtus de vestes à carreaux. Ils viennent de pénétrer dans l'atmosphère. Restez à l'antenne pour plus de précisions sur cet incroyable événement. " Incroyable en effet... et pas très rassurant! Que sont donc venus faire ces humanoïdes obèses et affamés sur notre planète ?

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 Watson Elementary School Werewolf Club goes on a field trip to Basketball Hall, where Sir Hugo hopes they will solve the mystery of the hound which has plagued his family for generations.

The Werewolf Club members deal with Dorkula.

Billy Furball, member of the Werewolf Club, is kicked out of the lunchroom for having a food fight with himself and ordered to see a psychiatrist who tries to convince him that he is not really a werewolf, but when aliens invade the town, Billy knows it is time to revert to his true nature.

Big Bob and Big Gloria, who are friends because they are both large for their age, start a new trend when their second-grade class is supposed to make turkey decorations for Thanksgiving.

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

To liven up Valentine's Day in Mr. Salami's second grade class, Big Gloria describes the imminent arrival of the Magic Valentine Potato.