Adam Rubin

When grumpy Old Man Fookwire builds feeders to try to keep birds--the only creatures he likes--from leaving for the winter, he finds himself in a battle with clever, crafty squirrels who want a share of the abundant food.

With gentle prodding from the narrator and help from the reader, four monsters are led to face their greatest fear--bubbles.

The author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Dragons Love Tacos and The Ice Cream Machine returns with another hilarious, irresistible collection of six totally different stories with the same exact name.
Adam Rubin is back with this companion to The Ice Cream Machine, inviting you into six thrilling new worlds filled with daring and danger, mystery and mayhem—not to mention explosions! In a swanky...

A special sauce turns a boy into a robot, and he then transforms everyone and everything into robots, including the book.

An imaginative account of the invention of the couch.

In Ancient Times, Gladys the dancing chicken goes on an epic adventure when she is mistaken for a magical chicken who grants wishes to those she encounters.

While Raccoon is eating pizza at his secret pizza party, he sees a masquerade party going on in the house next door to him and joins the fun.

"A collection of six short stories in a variety of genres and settings, all featuring ice cream"--

A little dragon learns how to make a taco.

An ordinary bubble may seem pretty harmless, but to the monsters of La La Land, however, a fragile, shimmering bubble is an object of terror, and when the frightening habits of bubbles are detailed by a fear-mongering monster, Yerbert, Froofle, and Wumpus run away and cry. But with encouragement from the narrator and the viewer, the three learn to confront their fears and triumph over the bubbles. "...a rollicking (but rational) examination of fear...