Return to Howliday Inn [Hardcover]

James Howe (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 134 pages
• Publisher: William A. Thomas Braille Bookstore (October 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569565600
• ISBN-13: 978-1569565605
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

More About the Author

James Howe has written more than eighty books in the thirty-plus years he's been writing for young readers. It sometimes confuses people that the author of the humorous Bunnicula series also wrote the dark young adult novel, The Watcher, or such beginning reader series as Pinky and Rex and the E.B. White Read Aloud Award-winning Houndsley and Catina and its sequels. But from the beginning of his career (which came about somewhat by accident after asking himself what kind of vampire a rabbit might make), he has been most interested in letting his imagination take him in whatever direction it cared to. So far, his imagination has led him to picture books, such as I Wish I Were a Butterfly and Brontorina (about a dinosaur who dreams of being a ballerina), mysteries, poetry (in the upcoming Addie on the Inside), and fiction that deals with issues that matter deeply to him. He is especially proud of The Misfits, which inspired national No Name-Calling Week (www.nonamecallingweek.org) and its sequel Totally Joe. He does not know where his imagination will take him in the next thirty-plus years, but he is looking forward to finding out.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Its like bones talking from the dead!!!, January 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Return to Howliday Inn (Paperback)

I absolutly love this book! It is an amazing tale of laughter and fright. The way the dogs (and cats) piece it together is amazing. The fright is bone chilling and the laughter is hilarious. It is the best book I have ever read with the Weasel, 2 wierd cats and way, way more!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS BOOK IS SOOOOO COOL!, August 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Return to Howliday Inn (Paperback)

This book is about Harold, Chester and Howie going back to Chateau Bow-Wow where Howie was first born. They meet some mysterious animals at their stay. Even more mysterious is Rosebud, the ghost and her warning about the secret of Howliday Inn.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite books as kid!, November 6, 2004

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Claire S. Lund "A girl from the north country" (currently in college in Tucson, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Return to Howliday Inn (Paperback)

I actually read this book before the original Howliday Inn, and I still think I like it better. I must have read it at least twenty times, because it never failed to make me laugh out loud, and still does! I loved animal characters, and the ones here are so clever, and the dialogue is unbelievably witty for a kid's book. Some of the humor, like the Shakespeare references, I didn't get until I was much older. "A 700-page first novel entitled Ah, Life!"