humorous fiction

The funny thing liked to eat children's dolls until he learns that jum jills make his tail grow longer and the blue points on it larger.

Taking up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory leaves off, Charlie, his family, and Mr. Wonka find themselves launched into space in the great glass elevator.

Explains why parents in Rootabaga Country warn their daughters not to kick their slippers at the moon.

One of Stuey's great ideas finally produces results, but not before his curious mind gets him into all kinds of trouble.

Eddie returns from a visit to Texas with a bucket of pay dirt, in which he expects to find gold.

Moose is eager to play his part in the alphabet book his friend Zebra is putting together, but is disappointed when his letter passes and then behaves rather badly until Zebra finds a spot for him.

Explores the love dragons have for tacos, and the dangers of feeding them anything with spicy salsa.

Features more humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, where students learn to tango, face the cafeteria's dreaded mushroom surprise, and study a hobo during show-and-tell.

When Gilda travels to a piano competition in Oxford, England, as page turner for her friend Wendy Choy, she investigates why Wendy is being haunted and who is frightening the performers, while enjoying a romance with a British boy.