humorous fiction

In this humorous retelling of the traditional fairy tale, Hanzel and Pretzel ignore the warnings of their parents and wander into the Deep Dark Woods where they meet the witch and literally eat her out of house and home.

Pippi and her friends, Tommy and Annika, attend the circus where Pippi walks the tightrope and wrestles with the "World's Strongest Man.".

Hank the Cowdog, head of ranch security, discovers that drinking a bucket of plant food restores his energy, leading to a series of embarrassing near-disasters.

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.

An off-beat and unusual child does everything differently from other people but is comfortable with his unique outlook on life.

When Bradley and his class are taken on an unexpected field trip to Apple Island, he discovers a group of evil teachers plotting to take over the schools of America and "misteach" all the children.

A family of moles turns the most everyday events, such as washing dishes, wallpapering the living room, and visiting a museum, into memorable moments.

While performing his duties on the ranch, Hank the Cowdog finds that his bones are disappearing, and his friend Drover claims to have seen a monster do it.

Jason attracts a lot of attention when he starts following the zany advice in a get-rich-quick book by the bizarre Dr. Silverfish.

Relates the tangled events that lead the students of the Unexpected School on Hurricane Peak to foil the wicked Sir Quincey and his accomplices and to solve several mysteries.