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.

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.

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

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.

Irving and Muktuk are cheating each other at cards when their polar bear friend Larry drops by for a visit. The bears eat cake topped with little fishes that Larry has brought, play a spirited game of volleyball, and afterward chat pleasantly until Larry goes home. "Visits," Irving and Muktuk decide, "are nice." The next evening, when all is quiet at the zoo, the Bad Bears sneak out to pay a refined visit of their own. When they arrive at the home of the Beachball family, things--as usual for the baffled bruins--get out of hand.

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

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.

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...

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.

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

Irving and Muktuk, two muffin-eating polar bears from the frozen north, have some trouble fitting into life at the zoo in Bayone, New Jersey.

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.

Mr. Talbot has taken the Werewolf Club to London! Unfortunately, they made the trip in Uncle H.G. Talbot''s unreliable time-and-space machine, and they''ve arrived in 1890 London- where it might be a tad difficult to buy the 212 double-A batteries they need for the machine to get them home.

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.

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.

In this hilarious new chapter book series with a bite, the first story finds Mr. Talbot leading the kids in the Werewolf Club on a search for the only thing that cures werewolves: the magic pretzel of Alexander the Great. Illustrations.

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.

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.

On a rainy morning, Mr. and Mrs. Submarine invite a cat, dog, coyote, wildebeest, Ludwig van Beethoven, the United States Marine Band, and others into their home to share their breakfast of tea and corn muffins.

Flash Fleetwood finds a very quiet gorilla which he names Phil, and, to the delight of the second grade students, their teacher Mrs. Hotdogbun says he may attend school along with them.

After being hit on the head by his mother and told to fend for himself, Larry the polar bear floats from Baffin Bay to New Jersey where he gets a job as a lifeguard.

The adventure of a goose named Seymour who goes in search of magic.

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.

Kelly Mangiaro, who has wanted a pet for as long as she can remember, gets more than she bargained for from her new dog, Mush.