Ellen Raskin

All the animals have advice for mouse on what to wear and what not to wear for the special holiday greeting on Twenty-two, Twenty-three.

Chronicles the adventures of the unusual Figg family after they left show business and settled in the town of Pineapple.

Every afternoon in the rain forest the pig, the parrot, and the potto meet for tea; and every afternoon a rainstorm spoils their party until the potto has an idea.

Moe Q. McGlutch paid no attention to the advice he received from his visiting young cousin.

A collection of brightly illustrated original nonsense poems, many about animals, both real and imaginary.

Sixteen people were invited to the reading of the very strange will of the very rich Samuel W. Westing. They could become millionaires, depending on how they played the game. The not-quite-perfect heirs were paired, and each pair was given $10,000 and a set of clues (no two sets of clues were alike). All they had to do was find the answer, but the answer to what? The Westing game was tricky and dangerous, but the heirs played on, through blizzards and burglaries and bombs bursting in air. And one of them won! With her own special blend of intricacy, humor, and upside-down perceptions, Ellen Raskin has entangled a remarkable cast of characters in a puzzle-knotted, word-twisting plot. She then deftly unravels it again in a surprising (but fair) and highly satisfying ending. - Back cover. The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.

The disappearance of her husband is only the first of the mysteries Mrs. Carillon must solve.

When a red roof with a little lost animal lands at their feet, Moose and Goose help the little creature find its home, mother, and identity.

Friendless Franklin Stein decides to make a friend out of odds and ends.

Beloved librarian Madie "Macaroni" Rooney and her shy, intelligent assistant, Chessa "Cheese" Plotz, investigate a crime spree in their quiet resort town of Grouse Lake, Wisconsin.

As Chester sits and complains about the boring block where he lives all sorts of exciting, and even strange, things are going on behind his back.

Cumulative verse reveals the sounds made by various animals, but who said chitter-chitter-chatter?

A collection of animal poems by well-known poets about such things as naming cats, a singing bird, and a slow-moving sloth.

A mischievous poltergeist describes the havoc he creates in the life of a family occupying a four-room apartment as more and more relatives keep arriving and add to the confusion.

Answering an advertisement for an artist's assistant involves seventeen-year-old Dickory Dock in several mysteries and their ultimate solutions.

Four children try to figure out what the new boy's middle initials stand for.