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  • Cat's Eye Corner

    Terry Griggs

    Paperback (Raincoast Books, March 7, 2003)
    Short-listed for Mr. Christie's Book Award, the Red Cedar Book Award, and a Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice selection, this adventure begins when Olivier goes to spend his summer vacation at Cat's Eye Corner, the very strange home of his grandfather and his new bride, Sylvia de Whosit of Whatsit -- a reported witch. Olivier discovers a mansion filled with shifting rooms, doors with mirrored keyholes, and talking shrubbery. The chief culprits are the Inklings -- word fairies that wreak havoc on language, much to the chagrin of the cats who have been changed from pets to poets! Olivier finds himself embroiled in a magical scavenger hunt to recover a fantastical book buried in Nevermore Lake. Along the way, he meets members of the So-So Gang, a talking pen named Murray Shaeffer, a swarm of French-speaking flies, a girl named Linnette who can channel the wind, and a boy named Fathom who lives in the river. Filled with characters that pop in and out of the story, Cat's Eye Corner is a cleverly written novel with much of the fun derived from wordplay -- puns, literary allusions, and misspellings.
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  • Invisible Ink

    Terry Griggs

    Paperback (Raincoast Books, Sept. 14, 2006)
    The third title in this delightful series begins as Olivier, an adventurous 12-year-old boy, is helping his very odd step-step-stepgramma with her equally odd yard sale. When some mysterious customers show up, along with a troublesome wind, Olivier flees the scene, ending up in the Dark Woods, where terrible damage has been done. Determined to get to the source of the trouble, he and his pals travel far afield, encountering curious individuals along the way, including an intellectual giant, a severed but affable head, a malodorous monarch named Queen Bacteria, and a tyrant named Sleek. Olivier must face the dangers armed with only an ordinary stone, a mysterious cracked inkwell containing a liquefied secret, and his trusty pen pal, Murray Sheaffer. Set in a fascinating fantasy world, Invisible Ink is packed with humor and imagination.
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  • The Silver Door

    Terry Griggs

    Paperback (Raincoast Books, June 24, 2004)
    A delusional ghost, a mischievous book, and the hapless Olivier keep things humming in this second entry in the Cat's Eye Corner series. The story begins with our hero, Olivier, examining his discovery from his last adventure (as related in Cat's Eye Corner ): a most unusual book called Enquire Within Upon Everything . Not only is this book an encyclopedia of arcane and fascinating information, but strange things begin to emerge from its pages: a wisp of puckish smoke from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius that causes no end of trouble in the house at Cat's Eye Corner; a ghost named Peely Wally who refuses to believe that he is a ghost; and a tiny Chinese "ink" monkey who snatches up Olivier's pen friend, Murray Schaefer, and disappears with him through one of Cat's Eye Corner's mysterious doors. Olivier pursues the ink monkey and a new adventure begins, involving, among others, a suave and chatty moose-man called the Schmooze and a nasty entrepreneur and child-thief, The Emperor of Ice Cream. This second book in the trilogy is full of clever wordplay, fascinating characters, and a nail-biting life-and-death quest that reinforces the values of loyalty and friendship.
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  • Cat's Eye Corner

    Terry Griggs

    Library Binding
    Short-listed for Mr. Christie's Book Award, the Red Cedar Book Award, and a Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice selection, this adventure begins when Olivier goes to spend his summer vacation at Cat's Eye Corner, the very strange home of his grandfather and his new bride, Sylvia de Whosit of Whatsit -- a reported witch. Olivier discovers a mansion filled with shifting rooms, doors with mirrored keyholes, and talking shrubbery. The chief culprits are the Inklings -- word fairies that wreak havoc on language, much to the chagrin of the cats who have been changed from pets to poets! Olivier finds himself embroiled in a magical scavenger hunt to recover a fantastical book buried in Nevermore Lake. Along the way, he meets members of the So-So Gang, a talking pen named Murray Shaeffer, a swarm of French-speaking flies, a girl named Linnette who can channel the wind, and a boy named Fathom who lives in the river. Filled with characters that pop in and out of the story, Cat's Eye Corner is a cleverly written novel with much of the fun derived from wordplay -- puns, literary allusions, and misspellings.
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  • Invisible Ink

    Terry Griggs

    Library Binding
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  • Silver Door

    Terry Griggs

    Library Binding (Sanp, Aug. 11, 2008)
    A delusional ghost, a mischievous book, and the hapless Olivier keep things humming in this second entry in the Cat's Eye Corner series. The story begins with our hero, Olivier, examining his discovery from his last adventure (as related in Cat's Eye Corner ): a most unusual book called Enquire Within Upon Everything . Not only is this book an encyclopedia of arcane and fascinating information, but strange things begin to emerge from its pages: a wisp of puckish smoke from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius that causes no end of trouble in the house at Cat's Eye Corner; a ghost named Peely Wally who refuses to believe that he is a ghost; and a tiny Chinese "ink" monkey who snatches up Olivier's pen friend, Murray Schaefer, and disappears with him through one of Cat's Eye Corner's mysterious doors. Olivier pursues the ink monkey and a new adventure begins, involving, among others, a suave and chatty moose-man called the Schmooze and a nasty entrepreneur and child-thief, The Emperor of Ice Cream. This second book in the trilogy is full of clever wordplay, fascinating characters, and a nail-biting life-and-death quest that reinforces the values of loyalty and friendship.
  • The Silver Door

    Terry Griggs

    Paperback (Raincoast Books, June 24, 2004)
    A delusional ghost, a mischievous book, and the hapless Olivier keep things humming in this second entry in the Cat's Eye Corner series. The story begins with our hero, Olivier, examining his discovery from his last adventure (as related in Cat's Eye Corner ): a most unusual book called Enquire Within Upon Everything . Not only is this book an encyclopedia of arcane and fascinating information, but strange things begin to emerge from its pages: a wisp of puckish smoke from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius that causes no end of trouble in the house at Cat's Eye Corner; a ghost named Peely Wally who refuses to believe that he is a ghost; and a tiny Chinese "ink" monkey who snatches up Olivier's pen friend, Murray Schaefer, and disappears with him through one of Cat's Eye Corner's mysterious doors. Olivier pursues the ink monkey and a new adventure begins, involving, among others, a suave and chatty moose-man called the Schmooze and a nasty entrepreneur and child-thief, The Emperor of Ice Cream. This second book in the trilogy is full of clever wordplay, fascinating characters, and a nail-biting life-and-death quest that reinforces the values of loyalty and friendship.
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  • The Silver Door Cat's Eye Corner Series by Terry Griggs

    Terry Griggs

    Paperback (Raincoast Books, )
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  • The Silver Door

    Terry Griggs

    Paperback (Raincoast Books, )
    A delusional ghost, a mischievous book, and the hapless Olivier keep things humming in this second entry in the Cat's Eye Corner series. The story begins with our hero, Olivier, examining his discovery from his last adventure (as related in Cat's Eye Corner ): a most unusual book called Enquire Within Upon Everything . Not only is this book an encyclopedia of arcane and fascinating information, but strange things begin to emerge from its pages: a wisp of puckish smoke from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius that causes no end of trouble in the house at Cat's Eye Corner; a ghost named Peely Wally who refuses to believe that he is a ghost; and a tiny Chinese "ink" monkey who snatches up Olivier's pen friend, Murray Schaefer, and disappears with him through one of Cat's Eye Corner's mysterious doors. Olivier pursues the ink monkey and a new adventure begins, involving, among others, a suave and chatty moose-man called the Schmooze and a nasty entrepreneur and child-thief, The Emperor of Ice Cream. This second book in the trilogy is full of clever wordplay, fascinating characters, and a nail-biting life-and-death quest that reinforces the values of loyalty and friendship.
  • Invisible Ink

    Terry Griggs

    Paperback (Raincoast Books, March 15, 1750)
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