"Henry the Duck is a very good neighbor. Even though he has never babysat, when his friend Clara asks him to watch her nephew he says yes. How hard can it be? But then, one neighbor after another asks Henry to babysit and before he knows it, he's in the middle of five crying, crawling, out-of-control babies!" -- Amazon.com.

3) Piet Potter's first case

Author

Quackenbush, Robert

Series

Quackenbush Robert M volume 1

Pub. Date

1980.

Physical Desc

47 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

4) First grade jitters

Author

Quackenbush, Robert

Pub. Date

[2010]

Physical Desc

32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Language

English

Description

Read Description

A small boy wonders what first grade will be like, but is not sure that he wants to find out.

5) Batbaby finds a home

Author

Quackenbush, Robert

Series

Step into reading. Step 2 book

Pub. Date

2001.

Lexile measure

480L

Physical Desc

48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Read Description

When the barn in which they have been living is knocked down, Batbaby and his parents search for a new home.

6) Sherlock Chick and the giant egg mystery

Author

Quackenbush, Robert

Series

Sherlock Chick
Parents magazine read aloud original

Language

English

Description

Read Description

Sherlock Chick tries to solve the mystery of the giant egg that arrives at the farm.

7) Piet Potter's hot clue: story and pictures

Author

Quackenbush, Robert

Series

Piet Potter mystery

Pub. Date

[1982]

Physical Desc

47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Read Description

While attending an off-off Broadway opening, amazing boy detective Piet Potter is called upon to investigate the mysterious disappearance of one of the show's leading players.

8) Quick, Annie, give me a catchy line!: a story of Samuel F.B. Morse

Author

Quackenbush, Robert

Pub. Date

[1983]

Physical Desc

36 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

Description

Read Description

A brief biography of the inventor of the world's first practical telegraph system.

9) Ahoy! Ahoy! Are you there?: a story of Alexander Graham Bell

Author

Quackenbush, Robert

Pub. Date

[1981]

Physical Desc

36 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

Description

Read Description

A humorous account of events in the life of the inventor of the telephone.

10) Take me out to the airfield!: How the Wright brothers invented the airplane

Author

Quackenbush, Robert

Pub. Date

[1976]

Physical Desc

40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Language

English

Description

Read Description

A picture-book biography of the Wright brothers who made the first successful motor-powered flight in the history of mankind.

11) Gondola to danger

Author

Quackenbush, Robert

Series

Miss Mallard mystery

Pub. Date

[2019]

Lexile measure

620L

Physical Desc

64 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Description

Read Description

"Watch out, Miss Mallard! Miss Mallard is a famous detective who just happens to be a duck! Her latest case takes her to Venice on a wild gondola chase. A museum masterpiece is missing and all signs point to the famous artist El Ducko, who once saved Miss Mallard's life. Will Miss Mallard be able to save her friend? Or is he really the thief?"--Page 2 of cover.

12) Henry's awful mistake

Author

Quackenbush, Robert

Series

Henry the duck

Pub. Date

2019.

Edition

Aladdin hardcover edition.

Lexile measure

520L

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.

Language

English

Description

Read Description

Henry the duck tries all sorts of methods to rid his kitchen of an ant before his guest comes to supper.

13) Henry goes West

Author

Quackenbush, Robert

Series

Henry the duck

Pub. Date

2018.

Edition

Aladdin hardcover edition.

Lexile measure

530L

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Language

English

Description

Read Description

Lonely without his friend Clara who is vacationing out West, Henry the Duck decides to pay her a surprise visit.

14) Who said there's no man on the moon?: a story of Jules Verne

Author

Quackenbush, Robert

Pub. Date

[1985]

Physical Desc

36 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

Description

Read Description

A biography of the nineteenth-century author whose novels of science fiction adventure predicted space travel, the submarine, and other modern achievements.

15) Dig to disaster: a Miss Mallard mystery

Author

Quackenbush, Robert

Pub. Date

2018.

Lexile measure

550L

Physical Desc

68 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Language

English

Description

Read Description

When the terrifying headless demon of Kimbu Tacka threatens an archaeological expedition in the South American jungle, Miss Mallard uses her detective skills to unravel the clues and uncover the true villain.

16) Mark Twain? What kind of name is that?: a story of Samuel Langhorne Clemens

Author

Quackenbush, Robert

Pub. Date

[1984]

Physical Desc

36 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

Description

Read Description

The life of the famous humorist whose numerous occupations included printer's apprentice, steamboat pilot, gold miner, frontiersman, and reporter.

17) Who's that girl with the gun?: a story of Annie Oakley

Author

Quackenbush, Robert

Pub. Date

[1988]

Physical Desc

36 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Language

English

Description

Read Description

Presents a biography of the famous sharpshooter, discussing her childhood, her success as a performer, and her relationships with such folk heroes of the day as Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull.