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The Barrel in the Basement
Barbara Brooks Wallace
Paperback (Backinprint.com, March 18, 2005)This is a story about furkens, descendants of a branch of genus elf, who have lost their elfin powers of being able to vanish and now hide fearfully in human houses. They are sadly often mistaken for mice, although don't smell like mice. They smell like warm apricot jam!They are "endearing, fully developed creatures," says Horn Book.ALA Booklist adds, "A tale that will have readers clamoring for a sequel."
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The BARREL IN THE BASEMENT
Barbara Brooks Wallace
Hardcover (Atheneum, March 1, 1985)The adventures of Pudding, a young Furken, or elf, in a human house, including capture by a boy, help him relearn the lost Furken art of vanishing
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The Barrel in the Basement
Barbara Brooks Wallace, Sharon Wooding
Paperback (Aladdin, Feb. 1, 2000)Pudding Muddle, the only two Furkens around, need a place to live. So when they stumble upon Old Toaster and his delightful elf-size house in the barrel in the basement, they decide this is the place to live. Soon they discover that they are watched over by a kind human named Noah. Just when life is settling down, along comes a curious human boy named Freddy. What's a Furken to do?
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Peppermints in the Parlour
Barbara Brooks Wallace
Paperback (Aladdin Paperbacks, Sandamp, May 1, 2005)None
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The Barrel in the Basement; There's No Place Like Home
Barbara Brooks Wallace
Paperback (Scholastic Audio Books, March 15, 1985)Pudding, the youngest of three Furkins, or elves, living in a barrel in the basement of a human named Noah, proves that a shy Furkin is capable of great deeds like the heroes of the past.