This book was written from stories I told my grandchildren about a lizard my grandson found in his uncle's tackle box on the back porch. Loopy Lizard adventures.
The mad scientist Petty Potts has a crazy new formula—a spray that can turn Josh and Danny into lizards! The boys immediately give themselves a spritz and whizz up the nearest tree. But soon, they find themselves in deep doo-doo and surrounded by owls that eye them as snacks. Will Josh and Danny make it out in time?
The mad scientist Petty Potts has a crazy new formula--a spray that can turn Josh and Danny into lizards! The boys immediately give themselves a spritz and whizz up the nearest tree. But soon, they find themselves in deep doo-doo and surrounded by owls that eye them as snacks. Will Josh and Danny make it out in time?
Petty Potts has been kidnapped! Josh and Danny have to find her before it's too late. While investigating, the boys come across Petty's latest S.W.I.T.C.H. spray that can turn them into alligators. Josh and Danny soon have a date with destiny...
Summer camp was going great for Josh and Danny until mad scientist Petty Potts showed up. Sure, her serum turned them into frogs to help them save their new friend Charlie. But the serum didn't completely wear off: all three kids still have frog feet! They are running out of time to find right antidote before their parents show up. Their best option is to ask Petty to use her S.W.I.T.C.H. formula again. But of course, things don't turn out quite as planned. Do two frogs and a newt stand any chance in a world of hedgehogs, dogs, and poisonous snakes? Josh, Danny, and Charlie are about to find out.
Petty Potts, scientist extraordinaire, is losing her touch. The S.W.I.T.C.H. spray that's supposed to turn Josh and Danny into chameleons refuses to work. But the next day at school, the twins suddenly find themselves transformed. Looks like Petty's spray has worked after all! But it shows no sign of wearing off any time soon...
An ALA Notable Book Kids ages 9-12 will “delight in [the] oddness” of this Home Alone-style tale set in the 1970s—from a prolific children’s author who captures “a magic that’s not like anyone else’s” (Neil Gaiman). With Victor’s parents out of town, he is free to investigate the mysterious lizard musicians who have recently appeared on TV . . . Things Victor loves: pizza with anchovies, grape soda, B movies aired at midnight, the evening news. And with his parents off at a resort and his older sister shirking her babysitting duties, Victor has plenty of time to indulge himself and to try a few things he’s been curious about. Exploring the nearby city of Hogboro, he runs into a curious character known as the Chicken Man (a reference to his companion, an intelligent hen named Claudia who lives under his hat). The Chicken Man speaks brilliant nonsense, but he seems to be hip to the lizard musicians (real lizards, not men in lizard suits) who’ve begun appearing on Victor’s television after the broadcast of the late-late movie. Are the lizards from outer space? From “other space”? Together Victor and the Chicken Man, guided by the able Claudia, journey to the lizards’ floating island, a strange and fantastic place that operates with an inspired logic of its own.
Love Potion: Miserable after losing her boyfriend Travis to a ravishing redhead, Lacy Sinclair may have discovered the secret to winning him back - a magic love potion that only boys can smell! Soon Lacey is on her way to becoming the most popular girl in school. Her old boyfriend Travis is begging her for a date and so is every other guy who used to ignore her. Then Lacey runs out of an important ingredient and she panics. She doesn't want to turn back into the ordinary girl she was before - until it hits her that maybe she possessed the ingredients for true love in herself all along. But how could she be sure if it was her own charms beguiling the boys or the potion? Phantom Boyfriend: Kelly and Justin are perfect for each other -- if they could just meet! Kelly believes in fate, luck and love. But fate hasn't been lucky for her in the love department -- until her best friend sets her up on a blind date with the perfect guy. Too bad Justin doesn't show. At least Kelly's school life is exciting -- She's the mystery horoscope writer K.I.D. Justin can't wait to meet Kelly -- But mistaken identity, mixed messages and the appearance of his long-lost father complicate things. It'll take miracle -- and a twist of magic -- to bring the star-crossed couple together. When stars collide and magic shines, anything can happen ... even love.
Josh and Danny are stuck in Princess Land—a store full of pink toys and worse: actual girls! To avoid security guards and screeching girls, the twins try a quick spritz of the infamous S.W.I.T.C.H. formula. But the spray only half-works! They are stuck with the head of a lizard and the body of a boy. Then their situation takes a nasty turn...