A strange new family has moved into Old Howl Hall. And Critter Falls' three biggest busybodies--Mrs. Plum, Mrs. Pucker, and Mrs. Pinch--can't wait to check them out. The situation gets really hairy when the nosy ladies pop in for lunch--and ...
Jack Howl can't wait to teach his son, Axel, to howl like him. Wanda plans to show her daughter, Thistle, how to fly just the way she does. But the kids have other ideas in this lighthearted jab at gender stereotypes that will make young reader...
Each morning, Thistle Howl drinks a glass of purple pickle juice and chants: "Hands above, feet below. Grow, I say. GROW! GROW! GROW!" Yet she doesn't get any bigger. Then Auntie Bell offers a few incantations of her own--and Thistl...
There's no April freshness at the Pinch family's house. Their new cleaning lady smells disgusting. But that's pretty normal...for a zombie! And she's turning everyone else in Critter Falls into zombies, too. It's up to the Howls to stop h...
Illustrated in full color. Thistle and the other members of the Critters of the Night clan get down in a wacky goblin celebration when the Critter Falls clock tower strikes thirteen and everyone pulls out their best clothes and favorite toys and whip...
Illustrated in full color. Welcome to Old Howl Hall. Open the door and come in if you dare! Kids will love this cheerfully gruesome grand tour of the stately home of the Howl family. Search the haunted basement laboratory for things slimy and slither...
Illustrated in full color. Esmerelda, Wanda Howl's wild and crazy cousin, is a smash hit in Critter Falls. But Axel and Thistle think Auntie Esmerelda is bad news. With the help of Uncle Mole--and a mirror--they're determined to shatter her perfect i...
Illustrated in full color. The wicked sea witch has turned the family of Mara the mermaid into giant chess pieces and hidden them in a deep-sea cave. Thistle Howl wants to help, so Mara turns Thistle into a mermaid. Now they can both swim to the resc...
Illustrated in full color. Three lovelorn lady vampires long for Dracul Duck, the best vampire dancer in Crittervania, to take one of them for his bride--and not just "till death do us part"! So when Dracul Duck finds a new dance partner at the Critt...
Illustrated in full color. When Axel and Thistle stumble upon a not-so-scary dragon living in the secret caves of Critter Falls, it looks as if the Howls have just made a fire-breathing friend. ...
Thistle Howl attends witch's school and unwitchingly turns Miss Prickly and Miss Prune into toads while trying to make Magic Potion Number Nine. Can Thistle save them? The fledgling socceress has her hands full trying to reverse the spell, especially...
Featuring tattoos from the mysterious land of the pyramids and of the Howl family too, this new Critters of the Night(TM) adventure is guaranteed to leave its mark on you! When Cousin Moose Mummy is kidnapped by Queen Mummy, it's up to Axel and Groad...
Welcome to the Forbidden Palace -- a place where evil reigns...a place where the dead are sentenced to eternal darkness...a place where there is no escape for the Howls. Axel and Thistle must face its dangers -- for only they can free teh kingdom fro...
Axel Howl is off to a midnight vampire's picnic on the beach, where roasting and toasting, strumming and drumming, and jumping and thumping make for easy-to-read fun in this first appearance in Beginner Books® by Mercer Mayer's Critters of the Night...
Thistle's new playmate is about to discover that a visit to Old Howl Hall is not your average play date. From peculiar pets to terrifying treats, this is truly a ferociously funny family. Beginning readers will be able to zoom through this spooky tex...