Thayer, Jane

Gus the ghost neglects his housecleaning chores while Mr. Frizzle is on vacation and fears that this dereliction of duty will cause him and his animal friends to lose their home with Frizzle.

When Petey the puppy decides that he wants a boy for Christmas, he discovers that he must go out and find one on his own.

A young robot finds his vocation in a bakery and earns a baker's hat as the result of his devoted work.

A ghost decides to go to school and learn to spell when a publisher returns his autobiography.

Though his hot breath is the envy of all the other animals, a young dragon learns that showing off does not make friends.

Gus, the Christmas ghost, tries to help unfriendly Mr. Frizzel have a happy Christmas Eve.

Gus determines that ghosts needn't always wear white.

A small puppy searches for a boy of his own.

Gus, the ghost, and Mr. Frizzle, the museum keeper, have a difference of opinion about the baby ghost abandoned on the museum doorstep.

A baby dragon makes new friends when he learns to use his hot breath to make corn pop.