humorous fiction

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Smarter than squirrels

2004
Recounts the adventures of a rambunctious dog who thinks her name is Down Girl and her next door neighbor, Sit, as they try to keep the world safe from dangerous squirrels, the paper boy, and a frightening creature named Here Kitty Kitty.

The night the ghost got in

1983
The brief appearance of a ghost late at night begins a series of comic misunderstandings during which the narrator's mother throws a shoe through a neighbor's window and his grandfather shoots a policeman.

It's a dog's life

2011
Duped into thinking the world is coming to an end, Hank the Cowdog winds up in town for some more adventures including getting in and out of a case of "soap hydrophobia.".

The play's the thing

2006
Darcy left her glamorous life in Hollywood but Hollywood had not left her, and now that Bailey's annual summer play is soon to begin Darcy is eager to take the stage.

Don't mess with Travis

2012
Ben Travis, Texas senator, becomes governor of Texas after a late-night accident and uncovers the latest Washington power grab and seceeds Texas from the Union.

There's a bat in bunk five

1988
On her own for the first time, fourteen-year-old Marcy tries to cope with the new people and situations she encounters while working as a counselor at an arts camp.

The battle of the vegetables

2016
Short tales describe three adventures in the vegetable garden, none of which ends happily for the veggies--but all of which are wickedly funny.

Mrs. Noodlekugel and four blind mice

2015
When Mrs. Noodlekugel's four mice make a terrible mess with cookie crumbs at tea, she decides to take them on the bus to visit the eye doctor and invites Nick and Maxine to come along.

Mr. Dixon disappears

a mobile library mystery
2006
Mobile librarian Israel Armstrong is pulled into another mystery when a member of the Ulster Association of Magicians disappears, and his involvement in the case may cost Israel his job and make him a prime suspect.

Potty all-star

get out of diapers and into the game!
2019
In this humorous story a child treats toilet training like a basketball game, in which the object is to make your shot and become an all-star.

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