Dead Hairy
Debbie Thomas, Stella Macdonald
Paperback
(Mercier Press, Nov. 22, 2011)
When Squashy Grandma's teeth get stuck behind the radiator, Abbie calls the Very Odd Job Man. Matt Platt and his even odder daughter Perdita invite Abbie to the Hair Museum, where history has hairstyles and fish have beards. Drawn into a hair-raising hunt for Perdita's mom, Abbie befriends a cast of whacky characters. But waddling in the shadows is a fiendish foe: the white-suited, lemon-haired Dr. Hubris Klench. This quirky tale, full of screwballs and pitfalls, will tickle children, parents, and squashy grandmas alike.
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