Books with author Frederick Rhead

The world has a new hero. All he needs is someone to save . . . Spy Kids meets Garfield in this action-packed, humorous, middle-grade adventure.Timber Howligan wants nothing more than to follow in the pawsteps of his espionage hero, the Great Nim, and be a real secret agent cat. When he finds a suspicious room of caged animals at the local barn, he vows to help.Then he discovers the spy cat program is in his town…without him! Now more than ever he needs the CIA’s help—but every attempt to prove himself ends in disaster.Worse, these animals may be at the heart of an international smuggling operation. Can Timber save them before it's too late?

Everyone at some point wishes to be taller. This story is about that wish and the extraordinary steps Wilt takes in making his wish come true. In the end, Wilt grows tall enough to do the things he wants to do, but only after an around-the-world adventure. This is a longer picture book and is for readers who already are reading simple books on their own.

Wilt is unhappy: he has trouble keeping up with others, playing games, and climbing into the tree house because his legs are too short. So Wilt builds stilts and wears them to keep up, play games, and climb into the tree house. He is teased: "Wilt's on Stilts!", and his parents find uses for Wilt's new height. Wilt does not want to be useful, so he builds new stilts that are so long that he can walk a mile in only two-and-a-half steps! Only after he’s traveled for a year around the world on his stilts does Wilt return home, happy with himself and his own height – a height which is now tall enough for Wilt to keep up with others, play games, and climb into the tree house.