Best Selling Books by Sid Fleischman

Presents three humorous adventures on McBroom''s wonderful one-acre prairie farm.

Members of the Bloodhound Detective Agency are called in to investigate the theft of a valuable clock.

"It; s true, I did tell a lie once, " says McBroom. But it''s not about the cold snap that froze sunlight to the ground. Or even about the time the McBroom chickens ate lightning bugs and glowed so bright, they used them as lanterns. Whatever it is, it''s bound to be laugh-out-loud funny, as his name is Josh McBroom. Illustrations. Age 7-10.

After cracking a secret message, the Bloodhound Gang tracks down a smuggling ring.

Two exotic thrillers originally published in 1952 and 1963 by Gold Medal Books.

"Et pust af midnat" er en magisk fortælling om en usædvanlig pagt mellem en død tryllekunstner og en forældreløs dreng. Det hele begynder, da den forældreløse Touch må rejse afsted til sin grandonkel, dommer Henry Wigglesforth, for at hente en arv. På vej i diligencen bliver det stormvejr, og pludselig får Touch øje på et spøgelse uden for vognen. Rygtet siger, at det er genfærdet af en berømt tryllekunstner. Fra da af forandres alt, og hverken turen i diligencen eller mødet med grandonklen, forløber som Touch havde forestillet sig. Da det viser sig, at Touchs grandonkel er værre end ond må Touch nemlig allierer sig med den døde tryllekunstner. Men er det nok til at undslippe grandonklen? Albert Sidney Fleischman, eller Sid Fleischman, (1920-2010) var en amerikansk forfatter. Han skrev skønlitteratur for både børn og voksne, fagbøger og manuskripter, men især hans børnebøger er kendt for deres humor og fantasy. Han har modtaget adskillige priser for sit arbejde.

There is a bandit who comes in the night. He does not want pretty silver earrings or dangly gold necklaces, not diamonds or rubies. What does he want? Listen, I will tell you. He wants dreams. He is supposed to take only nightmares—the dreams of monsters and phantoms—but he''s grown scared. He''s been taking the good dreams instead. But one night he steals from the wrong girl. Susana is clever. She is wily. She is brave. And she wants her dream back.

Dredged up out of the sea after a storm, 12 year old cabin boy Shipwreck only wants to begin his long journey home. Instead he encounters snarling mutineers, barefoot bandits, hairbreadth escapes, duels, secret identities, simmering revenge, betrayals, heroic last stands, cunning innkeepers and hidden treasure.

A cabin boy on a pirate ship finds himself in San Diego in 1846 as war breaks out between the United States and Mexico.

A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws.

When his older sister disappears, twelve-year-old Buddy Stebbins follows her back in time and finds himself aboard a seventeenth-century pirate ship captained by a distant relative.

Touch enlists the help of The Great Chaffalo, a ghostly magician, to thwart his great-uncle''s plans to put Touch into the orphan house and swindle The Red Raven Inn away from Miss Sally.

Young Clint''s ingenious scheme foils a villainous train wrecker''s attempt to rob the circus train.

Entries in McBroom''s almanac include farm tips, how-to''s, McProverbs, nature lore, cartoons, and McBroom''s Calendar of Important Dates.

McBroom gets ready to tell his many preposterous stories in the World Champion Liar''s contest only to be disqualified for telling the truth.

A young boy and his wandering family foil villains and rout nasty varmints as they make a home for themselves in a beached boat on the banks of the Missouri.

A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws.

In 1849 Jack Flagg and his Aunt Arabella''s butler, Praiseworthy, stowaway on a side-wheeler sailing from Boston to San Francisco, hoping to strike it rich in the gold fields of California. In the adventures that ensue, Praiseworthy proves himself even more able as a traveling companion than he had previously shown himself as a butler.

Touch enlists the help of The Great Chaffalo, a ghostly magician, to thwart his great-uncle''s plans to put Touch into the orphan house and swindle The Red Raven Inn away from Miss Sally.

Touch enlists the help of The Great Chaffalo, a ghostly magician, to thwart his great-uncle''s plans to put Touch into the orphan house and swindle The Red Raven Inn away from Miss Sally.

Four humorous adventures on McBroom''s wonderful one-acre prairie farm.