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(0)Lynn Munsinger
Tacky and his fellow penguins are off to summer camp in Nice Icy Land to enjoy themselves while Rock Hopping, Line Dancing, and playing Capture the Ice Cube. One night, they gather around the campfire to sing, eat s'mores, and tell scary stories. But after going to bed, something straight out of one of their scary stories pays the sleeping penguins a visit. Goodly, Lovely, Angel, Neatly, and Perfect think they should high-tail it out of there,
...Pookins always gets her way. If she doesn't, she makes faces, she throws apples, and she yells very loudly! But when Pookins finds a magic gnome who grants her three wishes, she has seconds thoughts when she wishes to be a flower, and realizes that maybe being a bully isn't a good idea.
The humor is just absurd enough to make the picture-book set howl along with Hippo and Fluffy." –New York Times Book Review
Fluffy the porcupine is unhappy with his name: "So he decided to become fluffier." He climbs a tree and pretends to be a cloud! He even poses as a pillow. (His mother is not pleased when she sits on him.) When Fluffy meets a rhinoceros named Hippo, it puts his plight in perspective...and he makes a friend.
...17) My New Boy
When accidents happen to Murdley Gurdson, they are usually his own fault, but when a bird lays an egg on Murdley's head one day, he tries hard to find someone else to blame.
20) Batter Up Wombat
The new kid in town is a wombat from Down Under. He's having a tough time fitting in, so he tries to join the baseball team. They're excited to see a “Wham-bat" hit, but baseball seems to him like a strange game indeed as his literal interpretations of the lingo, such as “stealing third base," lead to hilarious, and ultimately victorious, results.