TITLE: Java Jack YEAR: 1980 AVAILABILITY:Out of Print
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TITLE: The Wuggie Norple Story YEAR: 1980 ILLUSTRATOR: Tomie DePaola AVAILABILITY: Out of Print
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ADDITIONAL INFO: Here is a review of The Wuggie Norple Story.
TITLE: The Worms of Kukumlima YEAR: 81 AVAILABILITY: Out of Print
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TITLE: Tooth-Gnasher Superflash YEAR: 81 ILLUSTRATOR: Daniel Pinkwater AVAILABILITY: Out of Print
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TITLE: Roger's Umbrella YEAR: 1982 ILLUSTRATOR: James Marshall AVAILABILITY: Out of Print
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TITLE: The Snarkout Boys and the Avacado of Death YEAR: 1982 AVAILABILITY: Out of Print
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ADDITIONAL INFO: Here is a link to some excerpts about Beanbender's Beer Garden. And here is a stage report from a performance of the book.
TITLE: Young Adult Novel YEAR: 1982 AVAILABILITY: Out of print, available in Five Novels
SYNOPSIS: Meet the Dada Ducks. They include members, Charles the Cat, the Honorable Venustiano Carranza (President of Mexico), Captain Colossal, Igor, and the Indiana Zephyr. (Those are their Dada names.) Marvel at their shiny toilet! See them bring down the whole school with one simple statement written in French.
TITLE: Slaves of Spiegel YEAR: 1982 ILLUSTRATOR: Daniel Pinkwater AVAILABILITY: Out of print, available in Five Novels
SYNOPSIS: Norman Bleistift works at the Magic Moscow under his boss Steve Nickelson. Fat Men from the planet Spiegel abduct the Magic Moscow by wrapping it in tinfoil and shrinking it, Steve Nickelson included. Steve is being taken to the planet Spiegel to be the third contestant in a galactic cook-off to see who can make the best, greasiest, most fattening taste treat ever. Deciding the contest would be Sargon the great and eleven-thousand fat judges. Steve loses by a hair to the suprise side dish of Horthian Florff made by another contender.
TITLE: I Was a Second Gade Werewolf YEAR: 1983 ILLUSTRATOR: Daniel Pinkwater AVAILABILITY: Out of print
SYNOPSIS: When Lawrence Talbot wakes up one day something has changed. He is a werewolf! Lawrence can't wait to show off his new look but at breakfast nobody notices. Maybe Lawrences friends will notice at school. But they don't! Even his teacher Mrs. Packman doesn't notice. She just tells him to stop growling and not to bite the other children. His best friend, James Ballpoint, thinks Lawrence is only playing a silly game. Lawrence is mad. That night, Lawrence sneaks out his window to run around outside and howl at the moon.
TITLE: Devil in the Drain YEAR: 1984 ILLUSTRATOR: Daniel Pinkwater AVAILABILITY: Out of print
SYNOPSIS: The kid in this story has a devil living in his drain. He knows the devil is there. He gets the devil to come out so he can have a look at him. The devil doesn't want to come out. He thinks the kid will turn the water on and wash him down. The devil kind of looks like his goldfish that got accidently lost down the drain. The devil is really small. The kid is not scared of him, but the devil thinks he should be. The kid brings him a skinny pretzel to eat, and he is convinced that he did it because he was terrified. The kid feels differently and proves it.
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