Books with author Charles A. Filius

Martin and Morton are identical twins! Which one is which? "Smarty Marty" loves to read. "Morton the Moron" hates it. "Reading is for idjits!" he declares. But Morton's faulty reading gets him into BIG trouble. His entire world falls apart! After a series of humorous disasters, Morton finally learns to read. He even saves the day with his new skill!

A Boy who can run like the wind seems a sure bet for the upcoming runball game. A girl's ugly eyebrows impossibly vanish. A movie, The Wizard of UZ, abruptly leaves the "tracks of sanity." An intelligent bulldog chases an elusive whizzer bird up a tree and conspires to steal human food. The minds of a boy and a girl weirdly trade places! What's going on here? Is someone practicing malicious witchcraft? Are alien beings influencing human behavior? Does a crackpot seer's crystal ball suggest an answer? The wild and magical Wand just keeps on granting wishes, forcing itself to ignore the consequences.

The kids in these funny, rhymed tales do naughty things. Their blabbing toys betray them, and they are punished. So don’t tell your secrets to your toys! Don’t even let them see you misbehave!The stories are brilliantly illustrated in full color. This darkly humorous book follows the tradition of Heinrich Hoffmann's "Struwwelpeter" and Hilaire Belloc's "Cautionary Tales For Children."

Martin and Morton are identical twins! Which one is which? "Smarty Marty" loves to read. "Morton the Moron" hates it. "Reading is for idjits!" he declares. But Morton's faulty reading gets him into BIG trouble. His entire world falls apart! After a series of humorous disasters, Morton finally learns to read. He even saves the day with his new skill!

Did you know that THINGS are secretly alive? Yes! But they play dead! They conceal their thoughts and feelings. They move around when we're not looking! Behind our backs, they speak to each other in their own language. How do things feel about us? Who knows? Their attitude is usually pleasant and agreeable, but they can be sly, even mean. If we don't treat them right, they sometimes... Read on! Read this funny, scary, awesome book and see!

The kids in these funny, rhymed tales do naughty things. Their blabbing toys betray them, and they are punished. So don’t tell your secrets to your toys! Don’t even let them see you misbehave! The stories are brilliantly illustrated in full color. This darkly humorous book follows the tradition of Heinrich Hoffmann's "Struwwelpeter" and Hilaire Belloc's "Cautionary Tales For Children."