Daniel Manus Pinkwater

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.

Best friends Bear and Bunny wander through the woods looking for food, singing songs, and talking about what kind of pet they might like to adopt.

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.

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.

Mr. Talbot has taken the Werewolf Club to London! Unfortunately, theymade the trip in Uncle H.G. Talbot's unreliable time-and-space machine, andthey've arrived in 1890 London- where it might be a tad difficult to buy the212 double-A batteries the need for the machine to get them home.

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.

"Even a child who is pure of heart and does his homework neatly, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the moon is full completely..."

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.

A bear continues to paint what he likes despite criticism from two passing gentlemen.