humorous fiction

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The invisible moose

2006
When his beloved is captured by Steel McSteal, a shy moose summons his courage and, with the help of an invisibility potion, sets off to rescue her in New York City.

It's simple, said Simon

2001
After successfully meeting the challenges posed by a dog, cat, and horse, Simon meets a tiger that is much harder to satisfy and that he must outwit before he becomes the tiger's dinner.

To the beach!

2005
A family's outing to the beach keeps getting delayed by the need to go back home for forgotten items.

The hungry thing

1967
A hungry thing comes to town and wants shmancakes, tickles, hookies, and gollipops. A wise little boy catches on to the monster's nonsense words.

Muldoon

2002
Muldoon, chosen from the pet store to go live with the Wests, takes his job of caring for the family very seriously.

A bear, a bobcat, and three ghosts

1977
The traveling peddler Timothy Todd and his friends become involved in a moonlight chase with a bear, a bobcat, and three ghosts.

Alistair's elephant

1983
Alistair's life is never quite the same again after the day an elephant follows him home from the zoo.

A fish for Mrs. Gardenia

1988
A series of haphazard events threatens to spoil Mr. Bennett's dinner with Mrs. Gardenia after his fish disappears from his outside grill, but a final accident returns the fish to its rightful place.

The best bike ride ever

2012
Bonnie O'Boy really wants a bicycle, but when she gets one, she forgets to do something that is very important.

Those darn squirrels fly south

2012
As Old Man Fookwire's birds prepare to migrate south for the winter, those darn squirrels decide to follow.

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