New Releases by Sid Fleischman

Encontrándose en un aprieto, Touch decide presentarse en casa del Gran Convertidor. "Señor! ¡Gran Convertidor de Paja! Mi nombre es Touch, y traje un bulto de paja. Le estaría muy agradecido si lo convierte en un caballo [...] Me propongo cabalgar hasta que esté fuera de su alcance, señor. Él no sabrá dónde buscarme."

How can a beautiful white elephant be a terrible curse? Run-Run, a young elephant trainer, discovers the answer when he incurs the fury of the prince. The boy''s punishment? The gift of an elephant, white as a cloud. From that moment forward, the curse reveals itself. According to tradition, so rare an elephant cannot be allowed to work for its keep. It is poor Run-Run who must feed the beast the hundreds of pounds of food it eats each day, and scrub it clean, and brush its pom-pom of a tail, and wash behind its ears, and, above all, keep it from doing any work. Oh, if only Run-Run could make the magnificent white elephant disappear! Clever as a magician, he does—but the curse has tricks of its own for Run-Run.

"Et pust af midnat" er en magisk fortælling om en usædvanlig pagt mellem en død tryllekunstner og en forældreløs dreng. Det hele begynder, da den forældreløse Touch må rejse afsted til sin grandonkel, dommer Henry Wigglesforth, for at hente en arv. På vej i diligencen bliver det stormvejr, og pludselig får Touch øje på et spøgelse uden for vognen. Rygtet siger, at det er genfærdet af en berømt tryllekunstner. Fra da af forandres alt, og hverken turen i diligencen eller mødet med grandonklen, forløber som Touch havde forestillet sig. Da det viser sig, at Touchs grandonkel er værre end ond må Touch nemlig allierer sig med den døde tryllekunstner. Men er det nok til at undslippe grandonklen? Albert Sidney Fleischman, eller Sid Fleischman, (1920-2010) var en amerikansk forfatter. Han skrev skønlitteratur for både børn og voksne, fagbøger og manuskripter, men især hans børnebøger er kendt for deres humor og fantasy. Han har modtaget adskillige priser for sit arbejde.

Welcome to Humbug Mountain. Little did Wiley, the son of a traveling newspaperman, imagine that the search for his grandfather would lead him into the hands of those nasty villains of the West—Shagnasty John and the Fool Killer. Using their newspaper, The Humbug Mountain Hoorah, Wiley and his sister and mother go about outwitting the outlaws in their scheme to ambush Grandfather''s new boat and its cargo of gold.

So begin the adventures of young Oliver Finch, born at the stroke of midnight. Believing that Oliver can spy out ghosts, Captain Scratch kidnaps him, bringing him aboard the notorious pirate vessel Bloody Hand. The ship sails the high seas in pursuit of the ghost of Gentleman Jack, who paces his grave where the pirate treasure lies buried. A despicable pirate captain, a mutinous crew, a band of sly sea ghosts—Oliver is determined to outfox them all and get safely home. It''s a tale of treachery, intrigue, and suspense!

Who was this man who could walk through brick walls and, with a snap of his fingers, vanish elephants? In these pages you will meet the astonishing Houdini—magician, ghost chaser, daredevil, pioneer aviator, and king of escape artists. No jail cell or straitjacket could hold him! He shucked off handcuffs as easily as gloves. In this fresh, witty biography of the most famous bamboozler since Merlin, Sid Fleischman, a former professional magician, enriches his warm homage with insider information and unmaskings. Did Houdini really pick the jailhouse lock to let a fellow circus performer escape? Were his secrets really buried with him? Was he a bum magician, as some rivals claimed? How did he manage to be born in two cities, in two countries, on two continents at the same instant? Here are the stories of how a knockabout kid named Ehrich Weiss, the son of an impoverished rabbi, presto-changoed himself into the legendary Harry Houdini. Here, too, are rare photographs never before seen by the general reader!

The protagonist of Look behind You Lady is a magician, performing on the stage of a club in exotic Macao. The hero of The Venetian Blonde is another kind of conjurer, a cardsharp who becomes involved with a spiritualism con in the seedy precincts of Venice, California.

On a coach bound for Cricklewood, the orphan boy Touch caught his first glimpse of the haunt named The Great Chaffalo. According to rumor, he was once a famous magician who could turn a pile of straw into a horse. Now, Touch needs the ghost''s help in order to escape his wicked great-uncle. So, with an armload of straw and a determined spirit, Touch makes his plea to The Great Chaffalo -- and, magically, a horse appears! But can magic save Touch when his great-uncle’s schemes grow even more villainous?

Enemies at first sight Orphaned Bo Gamage has nowhere to go. So he ends up in the old Queen of Sheba Hotel in a ghost town in the middle of the desert. It''s dry and bare and -- worst of all -- the only other kid there is his awful cousin Madeleine, who calls herself Mzzz Mad. Soon, they''re caught up in a battle for a missing map, the mystery of the tattooed head, and the search for the old Pegleg Smith gold mine. Then Bo and Mzzz Mad find themselves in deadly danger and handcuffed -- together!

Tall tales about the fantastic adventures of some of the animals that live around Barefoot Mountain.

A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws.

Twelve-year-old Annyrose related her adventures with Joaquin Murieta and his band of outlaws in the California gold-mining region during the mid-1800s.

In the further adventures of Josh McBroom, the crops grow so fast, you''d better step out of the way when you plant corn, red barns turn blue in the cold, and words freeze still in mid-air. "As fresh as ever."--Booklist.

After leaving their rocky Connecticut farm to seek their fortunes in the West, Josh McBroom, his wife Melissa, and their eleven redheaded children stop in Iowa where they become the owners of a small but very unusual piece of property.

Skinny Chancy and his newly found friend, the great rascal, enjoy humorous escapades as they travel by their wits up and across the Midwest in search of Chancy''s family.

A madcap tale of fog and phantoms Opie and Aunt Etta think there''s something funny going on when Professor Pepper announces that he''s going to raise the ghost of a dead outlaw--live on stage. Can Opie cut through all t he fog to get to the bottom of the professor''s plans? See the Ghost of Crookneck John! That''s what Professor Pepper''s sign promises, and Opie can hardly wait to see such a sight. But the unseen specter escapes from his coffin during the show, and if that weren''t bad enough, the town bank is robbed too! Is Crookneck John a bandit from beyond the grave--or is more than the fog being pulled over the townsfolk''s'' eyes? A reissue of one of Sid Fleischman''s early novels.

There''s never a dull moment in the lives of 12 year old ,newly orphaned Buddy and his lawyer sister,Liz.Their wild adventures begin when their recieve a message on an answering machine from an ancestor named Abigal who has been dead for 300 years.She''s being tried for witchcraft!

A lonely old farmer realizes the value of human friendship when a young man comes to help him and his scarecrow with their farm.

For fans of the I Survived series, this classic rollicking adventure about the California Gold Rush and one determined twelve-year-old has sold nearly a million copies! When Jack''s aunt is forced to sell her beloved mansion but is still unable to raise enough money to pay her debts, the twelve-year-old goes to California in search of gold to help her. Joined by his trusty butler, Praiseworthy, Jack finds adventure and trouble at every turn. Will Jack strike gold in San Francisco or come home empty-handed? This new edition features illustrations by Brett Helquist.

Donated new 1991grades 1-2.

In 1849 Jack Flagg and his Aunt Arabella''s butler, Praiseworthy, stowaway on a side-wheeler sailing from Boston to San Francisco, hoping to strike it rich in the gold fields of California. In the adventures that ensue, Praiseworthy proves himself even more able as a traveling companion than he had previously shown himself as a butler.

Josh McBroom relates how he and his family harness the rambunctious prairie wind.

Members of the Bloodhound Detective Agency are called in to investigate the theft of a valuable clock.

Seemingly cursed by the Darjeeling Necklace as were its previous owners, elderly Mrs. Fairbanks hires the Bloodhound Gang to sort out the nightmare.

After cracking a secret message, the Bloodhound Gang tracks down a smuggling ring.