| Wallpaper from Space
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by Daniel M. Pinkwater
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J PIN
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At bedtime, a young boy enters the outer space patterned wallpaper in his room and has adventures with a band of space mice.
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| Ned Feldman, Space Pirate
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by Daniel M. Pinkwater
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J PIN
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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 traveling through outer space.
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| The Frankenbagel Monster
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by Daniel M. Pinkwater
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J PIN
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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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| Blue Moose
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by Daniel M. Pinkwater
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J PIN
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| 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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(Also look for the sequel: Return of the Blue Moose.)
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MORE BOOKS TO ENJOY: Fun tales of food, or space, or both!
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| Next Stop, Earth
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by William E. Butterworth
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J BUT
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With almost everything and everybody on the space vehicle malfunctioning as it hurtles towards earth, Charley is forced into piloting the thing himself with the help of a computer.
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| Porko Von Popbutton
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by William P. DuBois
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J DUB
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A 274-pound boy whose sole passion is food is miserable until he accidentally makes the hockey team at school.
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| Aliens for Breakfast
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by Jonathan Etra
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J ETR
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| Finding an intergalactic special agent in his cereal box, Richard joins the extraterrestrial in a flight to save Earth from the Dranes.
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(Also look for Aliens for Lunch.)
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| The Great Ringtail Garbage Caper
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by Timothy Foote
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J FOO
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A group of desperate and daring raccoons organize a bold hijacking scheme when efficient young garbage collectors threaten their lush food supply.
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| Let Me Off This Spaceship
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by Gery Greer
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J GRE
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When Tod & Billy are kidnapped by creatures from outer space, they try to make as much trouble as they can on board ship so that the spaceship captain will take them back to Earth.
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| Chocolate-Covered Ants
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by Stephen Manes
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J MAN
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Max and his little brother Adam make a bet about eating bugs.
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| Kidnapped on Astarr
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by Joan Lowry Nixon
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J NIX
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With a robot's help, two children search for a relative who has been kidnapped by the king on planet Astarr and accused of making secret war weapons.
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| Benjy and the Power of Zingies
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by Jean Van Leeuwen
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J VAN
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| Third-grader Benjy, tired of being small for his age, decides to eat the cereal of sports stars.
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