Pinkwater, Daniel Manus

"Mick is a good kid, but maybe he can use just a little guidance. But it's unclear who will be guiding whom, because Mick's brother came home from Tibet with the self-proclaimed Guru Lumpo Smythe-Finkel and his dog Lhasa--and then promptly settled both of them in Mick's bedroom. The thing about this kind of guru is that he doesn't seem to know exactly what he's trying to do. He sure does seem to be hungry, though. So Mick agrees to something like a quest, roaming the suburbs with the oddest group of misfits: Lumpo and Lhasa; graffiti-fanatic Verne; and Verne's unusual friend Molly. Molly is a Dwergish girl--don't worry if you don't know what that is yet--and she seems to be going off the rails a bit"--Provided by publisher.

"A trained cat who is able to form himself into specialty hats, Thermal Herman is world-renowned for his warmth and agility, but when a friend wanders off with a brain freeze and finds themself in peril, Thermal Herman must rush in to save the day"--OCLC.

Mr. Plumbean gets an idea that affects his entire neighborhood when a seagull drops a can of orange paint on his neat house.

"Molly O'Malley is a clever, adventurous girl. She is also a Dwerg. Dwergs are strange folks who live very quietly in the Catskill mountains, have lots of gold, and are kind of like dwarves (but also not!). Molly isn't interested in cooking and weaving, as she is expected to be. So, she sets off to see the world for herself. Which means a new job, a trip to New York City, prowling gangsters, an adorable king,a city witch, and many historical ghosts. More importantly, it means excellent pizza, new friends, and very quick thinking. Now someone is pursuing the Dwergs for their gold.Can Molly O'Malley save the day?"--Amazon.

When Nick and Maxine stay overnight at Mrs. Noodlekugel's house, they meet her husband, Captain Noodlekugel, and his dancing bear, Drooly.

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.

Walter Galt, Winston Bongo, and their female friend Rat have an adventure involving a beatnik poet and a werewolf.

One harmless bet on a horse race starts a chain of events that turns a twelve-year-old into one of the world's richest people and a spiritual guru.

The members of the Werewolf Club, transported to 1890 London by Uncle H. G. Talbot's time-and-space machine, assume their werewolf forms in order to help legendary detective Sherlock Holmes stop the theft of England's crown jewels.

The Watson Elementary School Werewolf Club goes on a field trip to Basketball Hall, where Sir Hugo hopes they will solve the mystery of the hound which has plagued his family for generations.