Books with author Doug Cushman

In the town of Ghostly, where every house is haunted, two ghosts are frightened. . . .Someone is haunting them with mysterious sounds: Clack, cluckity-cluck bing, blub blub. Or is it click, cluck-clackity cling, flub flub? They can't agree on what the sounds are, but they know they're not ghostly noises. What could be more scary?Good thing ace reporter Dirk Bones is on the case. Dirk writes for the town newspaper, The Ghostly Tombs, and as he collects the facts for his stories, he also solves mysteries.As Dirk investigates this zany case, he encounters more silly, creepy creatures in a town full of promise for more surprising mysteries to come.

If you were a ghost haunting a castle and moat, Rattling thick chains, making underpants float, When you stopped all your moaning and screeching in fright, How would you tell your phantom papa good night? On Halloween night, creatures around the world tuck their little ones into bed. How do skeletons say goodnight? What about werewolves, mummies, or vampire bats? In this silly Halloween romp, young children can take a trip through spooky castles and haunted graveyards to find out!

BLAM!WHOOSH!Space Cat blasts off in his rocket ship. With his trusty robot, Earl, along for the ride, adventure is sure to follow.Suddenly Space Cat's rocket ship is hit by a space rock. The fuel tank empties, forcing them to land on a strange new planet. Space Cat must find more fuel to get home, and the only creature on this strange planet who can help him is King Zorp, keeper of all the planet's fuel. But King Zorp isn't about to share any. How can Space Cat blast off again? Will he ever get home?The action -- and the humor -- never stops in this exciting intergalactic exploit starring a cosmic new hero.

If you were a ghost haunting a castle and moat,Rattling thick chains, making underpants float,When you stopped all your moaning and screeching in fright,How would you tell your phantom papa good night? On Halloween night, creatures around the world tuck their little ones into bed. How do skeletons say goodnight? What about werewolves, mummies, or vampire bats? In this silly Halloween romp, young children can take a trip through spooky castles and haunted graveyards to find out!

After the visitors have left the zoo and the animals have settled down for the night, a mischievous monkey starts a ting-tong rhythm on the marimba and slowly the animals awaken. Lions and llamas samba and cougars and coyotes conga as all the animals join in the fun to create a rollicking fiesta. Infused with Mexican American flavor, ?MARIMBA! is a unique alphabet book that also introduces the concept of cognates--words in different languages that are similar. Young Spanish speakers will be delighted to find they are already familiar with twenty-six words in English, and English speakers with find they already know some Spanish. Author's note, pronunciation guide, rebus dictionary.