Books with title Poof!

Here is a picture book that could only come from the wacky imagination of John O'Brien. Imagine a wizard and his wife who love to spend the day lounging in their easy chairs. These two will do anything to avoid ordinary household chores. To change the baby's diaper, the wizard waves his wand and--POOF!--he unleashes a chain of events that leads to laughter on every page. This is John O'Brien at his funniest.

A wizard and his wife will do anything to avoid walking the dog, feeding the cat, and other ordinary activities. Lounging in their easy chairs, they manage to solve their little problems with a wave of their wand. How far will the lazy wizards go to avoid doing household chores? The answer lies in this zany picture book that could only have been created by John O'Brien.

Let's face it. Rose Bamboozle is old and beginning to lose it. One day, Miss B, as she prefers to be called, meets Bia, a little girl at the dog park. Bia desperately wants a pet of her own. Rose Bamboozle used to dabble in magic as a young woman, unfortunately, she can't quite remember how to do it anymore. Bia begs Miss B to try her magic anyway. Rose's attempts are disastrous. At one point, she brings forth a fly as a pet for Bia. Bia takes Fly to Show-And-Tell. Fly promptly falls in love with Mrs. Shekter, the teacher, and things go rapidly downhill from there. Why is Rose's last name Bamboozle? Do flies see everything? What is the magic word that makes everything work? So...where's Rose?