Daniel Manus Pinkwater

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.

Two muffin-loving polar bears make a yearly attempt to use stealth and subterfuge to get muffins at the Yellowtooth Blueberry Muffin Festival.

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.

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.

I want my hat back: Bear's hat is gone. None of the animals have seen it, but Bear's memory is sparked by a deer who asks just the right question. The lucky ducklings: A true story about a mama duck and her five ducklings that had to be rescued from a town storm drain during an early morning walk. The happy lion: A lion in a Paris zoo tries to return his friends' visits by venturing into town to see them. The happy owls: Two owls discover the secret...