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The Terrible RoarMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1970
Each time the little lion opens his mouth, he roars, and each roar causes something around him to disappear.
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Bear's PictureMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1972
A bear continues to paint what he likes despite criticism from two passing gentlemen.
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Wizard CrystalMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1973
A wizard is determined to get the wonderful crystal at the bottom of the lake.
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Fat Elliot and the GorillaMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1974
Under the guidance of his new friends, the drugstore scale and a gorilla, fat Elliot starts to lose weight.
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Magic CameraMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1974
A little boy is presented with an old camera that seems to have a special magic.
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Blue MooseMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1975
A man who runs a restaurant on the edge of the big north woods meets a talking blue moose that moves in and spends the winter serving as head waiter.
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Three Big HogsMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1975
While searching for a comfortable new home, three domestic hogs run into some unexpected and alarming situations, including hostile residents and police, a butcher’s shop, and a fierce forest hog.
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WingmanMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1975
To escape the problems of being poor and Chinese, Donald begins to cut school to climb the George Washington Bridge where he meets Wingman, a sort of Chinese Superman.
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Around Fred's BedMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1976
A small boy experiencing the night terrors faces the monsters and things that go bump in the night before finding refuge in his parents’ bed.
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Lizard MusicMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1976
When left to take care of himself, a young boy becomes involved with a community of intelligent lizards who tell him of a little known invasion from outer space.
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The Big Orange SplotMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1977
When a seagull drops a can of orange paint on his neat house, Mr. Plumbean gets an idea that affects his entire neighborhood.
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The Blue ThingMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1977
A small blue seed grows so big that it fills up all the space above the earth.
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Fat Men from SpaceMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1977
Through his radio tooth, William learns of an invasion by spacemen who are taking all of earth’s supply of junk food.
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The Hoboken Chicken EmergencyMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1977
Arthur goes to pick up the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner but comes back with a 266-pound chicken.
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Superpuppy : how to choose, raise, and train the best possible dog for youMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1977
A guide to buying, training, and caring for a dog, with special emphasis on understanding its personality, feelings, and reactions to new situations.
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The Last GuruMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1978
One harmless bet on a horse race starts a chain of events that turns a 12-year-old into one of the world’s richest people and a spiritual guru.
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Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from MarsMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1979
Leonard’s life at his new junior high is just barely tolerable until he becomes friends with the unusual Alan and with him shares an extraordinary adventure.
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Pickle CreatureMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1979
Instead of the pickle his grandmother asked him to get at the supermarket, Conrad brings home a pickle creature.
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Return of the MooseMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1979
The blue moose who helps Mr. Breton run his restaurant writes what he is sure is the greatest book ever written by man or moose.
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Yobgorgle, Mystery Monster of Lake OntarioMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1979
While visiting Rochester, New York, young Eugene meets the strange Professor Ambrose McFwain and goes out with him in his boat to search for a mysterious sea monster that has been sighted on Lake Ontario.
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Java JackMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1980
When Jack travels to the Indonesian island of Maggasang to search for his missing anthropologist parents, he begins a series of incredible adventures which take him outside the universe.
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The Magic MoscowMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1980
Relates the adventures of Edward, grandson of a famous television sled dog, with his owner, Steve, who manages a Hoboken ice cream stand.
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The Wuggie Norple StoryMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1980
The family’s new pet kitten grows at such a ridiculous rate that the father must bring home animals to compare its size each day.
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Attila the Pun : A Magic Moscow StoryMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1981
When the mystic seer of Hoboken and the employees of the Magic Moscow summon the ghost of a famous person, they get a punster with a collection of 1500-year-old jokes.
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Roger's UmbrellaMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1981
Roger’s umbrella becomes increasingly more wild and uncontrollable until he meets three old ladies who teach him how to talk to it.
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The Worms of KukumlimaMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1981
Ronald accompanies his grandfather, the salami snap magnate, and the world famous explorer Sir Charles Pelicanstein, on an expedition to Africa to search for the intelligent worms of Kukumlina.
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Tooth-Gnasher SuperflashMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1981
The Popsnorkle family test drive the Tooth-Gnasher Superflash, pleased with the car’s ability to turn into several different animals.
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Slaves of Spiegel : a Magic Moscow storyMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1982
Steve Nickelson, his assistant Norman Bleistift, and the Magic Moscow restaurant are transported through space to compete in an intergalactic junk food cooking contest.
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The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of DeathMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1982
Walter and Winston set out to rescue the inventor of the Alligatron, a computer developed from an avocado which is the world’s last defense against the space-realtors.
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Young Adult NovelMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1982
The Wild Dada Ducks members cause all sorts of mischief around their junior high school, but although the boys are not bad, they like to pretend that they are true dadaists with unintentional and irrational behavior.
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I was a Second Grade WerewolfMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1983
Though he has turned into a werewolf, his parents, teacher, and classmates still see him as Lawrence Talbot, second-grader.
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Devil in the DrainMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1984
A boy discovers the devil in a kitchen drain and fearlessly deals with him.
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Ducks!More info at WorldCat	First published in: 1984
In a candy store, a boy encounters a duck who claims to be an angel, and, in return for granting it its freedom, endures some bizarre adventures.
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The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg HorrorMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1984
Walter Galt, Winston Bongo, and their female friend Rat have an adventure involving a beatnik poet and a werewolf.
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Jolly Roger, a Dog of HobokenMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1985
Chronicles the adventures of the remarkable canine who became the undisputed king of Hoboken’s dockside dogs.
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Young AdultsMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1985
Young Adult Novel, plus some nifty extras.
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The Frankenbagel MonsterMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1986
When a night-roaming monster is seen in various sections of the city, few people suspect that it is the creation of the local bagel maker, Harold Frankenbagel.
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The MoosepireMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1986
The talking blue moose attempts to unravel the riddle of the Moospire, a vampire moose that reportedly lurks near the town of Yellow Tooth.
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The Muffin FiendMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1986
Wolfgang Amadeus Mazart helps Inspector LeChat catch the thief who is stealing all the muffins of Europe.
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Aunt LuluMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1988
Tired of working as a librarian in Alaska, Aunt Lulu takes her sled and her fourteen Huskies and moves to Parsippany, New Jersey.
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Fish Whistle: commentaries, uncommontaries, and vulgar excessMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1989
A collection of the author's radio commentaries.
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Guys from SpaceMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1989
A boy accompanies some guys from space on a visit to another planet, where they discover such incredibly amazing things as talking rocks and root beer with ice cream.
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Uncle MelvinMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1989
Charles enjoys spending time with his gentle Uncle Melvin, even though Melvin harbors strange delusions about his own power to talk to the birds or control the rain.
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BorgelMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1990
Melvin recounts his extraordinary adventures in time and space with his 111-year-old sort of great-Uncle Borgel.
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Chicago Days/Hoboken NightsMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1991
More of the author's radio commentaries in print form.
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Doodle FluteMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1991
Relates how Kevin Spoon acquired a doodle flute and made a friend.
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WempiresMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1991
At the height of his vampire craze, Jonathan meets some real vampires and finds they are not quite what he expected.
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NORBMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1991
A collection of the short-lived comic strip by Pinkwater and illustrator Tony Auth.
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The Phantom of the Lunch WagonMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1992
Chris Kevin-Keith fixes up and reopens an abandoned lunch wagon, unaware that it originally closed because it was haunted by a scary phantom.
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Author's DayMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1993
In this comedy of errors, a famous children’s author visits an elementary school.
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Spaceburger : a Kevin Spoon and Mason Mintz StoryMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1993
Kevin Spoon and Mason Mintz walk six miles to attend the opening of a new Spaceburger restaurant.
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Ned Feldman, Space PirateMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1994
One day when Ned’s parents are out, he meets Captain Lumpy Lugo, a space pirate who comes from the galaxy Foon-ping-baba, and they spend the afternoon travelling through outer space.
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Mush, a Dog from SpaceMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1995
Kelly, who has wanted a pet dog for a long time, runs into a highly-educated, mushamute dog from the planet Growf-Woof-Woof.
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The Afterlife DietMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1996
In a heaven reserved for the obese, Milton Green, a second-rate editor who died under mysterious circumstances, ponders his life, his romance with an equally obese woman, and the conditions of his demise.
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Wallpaper from SpaceMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1997
At bedtime, a young boy enters the outer space-patterned wallpaper in his room and has adventures with a band of spacemice.
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5 NovelsMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1997
Contains Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars; Slaves of Spiegel; The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death; The Last Guru; Young Adult Novel; and a forward by Jules Feiffer.
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Goose NightMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1997
Seymour Semolina comes to the rescue when a wild night flight with a talking goose leave the goose lost, unable to return to Magic Goose Land, until Seymour comes up with an ingenious plan, involving the author of his favorite book.
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At the Hotel LarryMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1998
A young girl and Larry, the polar bear who lives in her father’s hotel, enjoy each other’s company and, on an outing to the zoo, they discover Larry’s brother Roy.
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Young LarryMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1998
After being hit on the head by his mother and told to fend for himself, Larry the polar bear floats from Baffin Bay to New Jersey where he gets a job as a lifeguard.
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The Magic GooseMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1998
The adventure of a goose named Seymour who goes in search of magic.
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Bongo LarryMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1998
Larry the polar bear’s new interest in playing the bongos leads to an impromptu performance with Big Bear at the Cafe Mama Bear.
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Second-grade ApeMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1998
Flash Fleetwood finds a very quiet gorilla which he names Phil, and, to the delight of the second grade students, their teacher Mrs. Hotdogbun says he may attend school along with them.
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The Education of Robert NifkinMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1999
Set in the 1950s in Chicago, Robert Nifkin tells his highly unorthodox high school experiences in the form of a college application essay.
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Wolf ChristmasMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1999
On the longest night of the year, a family of wolves takes a run through the woods to see the unusual sight of a human family’s Christmas celebration.
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Big Bob and the Halloween PotatoesMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1999
Despite the insistence of her second-grade teacher that their Halloween celebration will focus on pumpkins, Big Gloria finds a way to introduce her favorite vegetable, the potato.
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Big Bob and the Magic Valentine's Day PotatoMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1999
To liven up Valentine’s Day in Mr. Salami’s second grade class, Big Gloria describes the imminent arrival of the Magic Valentine Potato.
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Big Bob and the Winter Holiday PotatoMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 1999
For their second-grade class celebration of Kwaanza, Chanukah, Christmas and all other winter holidays, Gloria and Big Bob write a play about Potato Claus, friend to children everywhere.
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Rainy MorningMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2000
On a rainy morning, Mr. and Mrs. Submarine invite a cat, dog, coyote, wildebeest, Ludwig van Beethoven, the United States Marine Band, and others into their home to share their breakfast of tea and corn muffins.
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Hobokenfish and ChicagowhistleMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2000
Contains Fish Whistle and Chicago Days/Hoboken Nights
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Ice Cream LarryMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2000
After he eats an eighth of a ton of ice cream at Cohen’s Cones, Larry the polar bear happily becomes the spokesbear for the Iceberg Ice-Cream Company under the slogan, "I do not feel sick."
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Sleepover LarryMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2000
After little Mildred Frobisher has a sleepover at the hotel where she lives with her parents and Larry the polar bear, Larry decides that he too would like to host a sleepover for his friends.
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Bad bears go visiting : an Irving & Muktuk storyMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2000
Irving and Muktuk, two polar bears, enjoy themselves so much when Larry comes to visit them that the next time they escape from the zoo in Bayonne, New Jersey, they decide to pay a visit themselves.
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Big Bob and the Thanksgiving PotatoesMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2000
Big Bob and Big Gloria, who are friends because they are both large for their age, start a new trend when their second-grade class is supposed to make turkey decorations for Thanksgiving.
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4 Fantastic NovelsMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2001
Contains Borgel; Yobgorgle: Mystery Monster of Lake Ontario; The Worms of Kukumlima; and The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror.
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Comic Cosmic NovelMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2001
Not much is known about this publication, or if it even exists.
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The Werewolf Club #1: The Magic PretzelMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2001
Fourth-grader Norman Gnormal, who behaves a lot like a dog, finds his first real friends when the principal signs him up for the Werewolf Club at school.
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The Werewolf Club #2: The Lunchroom of DoomMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2001
After one of its members is banned from the school lunchroom, the Watson Elementary School Werewolf Club has lunch at Tom’s Tibetan-American Lunchroom, where they run into alien meatballs.
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Cone Kong : The Scary Ice Cream GiantMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2001
When a gigantic wild ice cream cone runs off with the girlfriend of Captain Charles Handsome, the adventurer captures Cone Kong and takes him back to the Big City.
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Fat Camp CommandosMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2001
Ralph and Sylvia Nebula and their friend Mavis Goldfarb are bitter at being sent to a bogus weight-loss camp, so they decide to escape and find a way to take revenge on those responsible for promoting the idea that thin is better.
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Irving and Muktuk : Two Bad BearsMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2002
Two muffin-loving polar bears make a yearly attempt to use stealth and subterfuge to get muffins at the Yellowtooth Blueberry Muffin Festival.
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The Werewolf Club #3: Meets DorkulaMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2002
A new student who claims to be a vampire joins the Watson Elementary School Werewolf Club, but the werewolves discover his true secret when fruits and vegetables begin to disappear all over town.
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The Werewolf Club #4: Meets the Hound of the BasketballsMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2002
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.
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Uncle Boris in the Yukon, and other shaggy dog storiesMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2003
A collection of canine commentaries and essays.
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Fat Camp Commandos go WestMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2003
After Ralph and Sylvia Nebula flee a fat camp ashram to join their friend Mavis at a dude ranch, they help her unite the Western town’s factions by preparing for the arrival of an unidentified flying object.
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Mush's Jazz AdventureMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2004
Mush, a dog from the planet Growf-Woof-Woof, relates how she came to be on Earth, and how she and three other animals formed a jazz ensemble that foiled a band of ice cream parlor robbers.
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The Werewolf Club #5: Meets Oliver TwitMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2005
Mr. Talbot has taken the Werewolf Club to London! Unfortunately, they made the trip in Uncle H. G. Talbot's unreliable time-and-space machine, and they've arrived in 1890 London -- where it might be a tad difficult to buy the 212 double-A batteries they need for the machine to get them home. The Werewolf Club's goose is cooked -- and not for a good old-fashioned English Christmas dinner.
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Bad bears in the big city : an Irving & Muktuk storyMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2005
Irving and Muktuk, two muffin-eating polar bears from the frozen north, have some trouble fitting into life at the zoo in Bayone, New Jersey.
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The Picture of Morty & RayMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2006
Inspired by a movie plot, Morty and Ray paint pictures of each other and then do mean things at school to see if their portraits will become ugly.
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Looking for Bobowicz : a Hoboken Chicken StoryMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2006
Upon moving to Hoboken, New Jersey, a boy convinces his two new friends to help him track down the mysterious phantom who stole his bicycle, as well as Arthur Bobowicz, owner of a giant chicken that once terrorized local citizens.
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Bad bears and a bunny : an Irving and Muktuk storyMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2006
Although they intend to live up to their notorious reputations when they are invited to a fancy hotel party, polar bears Irving and Muktuk end up behaving themselves when a scary bunny shows up.
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The Artsy Smartsy ClubMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2006
After three Hoboken children and their giant chicken Henrietta begin to appreciate beautiful sidewalk art, they venture into art class and visits to Manhattan.
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The Neddiad : how Neddie took the train, went to Hollywood, and saved civiliandionMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2006
When shoelace heir Neddie Wentworthstein and his family take the train from Chicago to Los Angeles in the 1940s, he winds up in possession of a valuable Indian turtle artifact whose owner is supposed to be able to prevent the impending destruction of the world, but he is not sure exactly how.
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Bad bear detectives : an Irving & Muktuk storyMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2007
Irving and Muktuk, polar bears at the zoo in Bayone, New Jersey, are the natural suspects when someone steals a shipment of imported muffins, but they decide to prove that they are not bad bears by finding the real thief.
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Dancing LarryMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2007
Larry the polar bear follows in the footsteps of little Mildred Frobisher’s ballet class to overcome strict Madame Swoboda’s admonition that "bears have no place in ballet."
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Once upon a blue mooseMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2007
Contains Blue Moose, Return of the Moose, and The Moosepire
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Yo-yo ManMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2007
Third grade improves dramatically for a boy after he makes up his mind to win the upcoming yo-yo tournament.
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The YggysseyMore info at WorldCat	First published in: 2008
In the mid-1950s, Yggdrasil Birnbaum and her friends, Seamus and Neddie, journey to Old New Hackensack, which is on another plane, to try to learn why ghosts are disappearing from the Birnbaum’s hotel and other Hollywood, California, locations.
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