The Wuggie Norple story [Hardcover]

Daniel Manus Pinkwater (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1980

The family's new pet kitten grows at such a ridiculous rate that the father must bring home animals to compare its size each day.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Four Winds Press (1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590075691
• ISBN-13: 978-0590075695
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,291,738 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Daniel Pinkwater lives with his wife, the illustrator and novelist Jill Pinkwater, and several dogs and cats in a very old farmhouse in New York's Hudson River Valley.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Out of print? Say it ain't so!, September 12, 2006

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S. McDonough "Mac Lady" (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wuggie Norple Story (Paperback)

This is the all-time best children's book ever written. No, it's the all-time best book ever written, period. I bought my first copy in 1987 to read to my baby daughter, and the first time I started to read it, I laughed so hard that I couldn't finish. The kid didn't find it all that amusing, but her nickname still, though she is a Junior in college, is Wuggie. The names of the characters are absolutely ridiculous, and I could so relate to Lunchbox Louie, the dad who is the only one who seems to notice the obvious. I've bought hundreds of copies of this book to give away over the years, and I like to keep a few on hand for that purpose, and now I can't. It's just not right.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's a Shame that This Book is Out of Print!, July 25, 2005

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Colleen McMahon ""Omnivorous Reader"" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wuggie Norple Story (Paperback)

I first bought this book in the late 1980s when looking for good read aloud books for my youngest brother. It made me laugh out loud reading it in the bookstore so I bought it for him and he enjoyed it immensely too. It's almost impossible to read this aloud without cracking up, with the absurd story (dad brings home a cat that keeps growing bigger, and then he brings home progressively larger animals to compare it to) and especially the brilliantly weird names (Lunchbox Louie, King Waffle, Papercup Mixmaster, Exploding Poptart). This is a classic of zany kid humor that is great fun for adults to read over and over, too. I'd love to buy it for my little nieces and nephews---please bring it back into print!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Wuggie Norple Story, February 23, 2000

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Sherry (South Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wuggie Norple Story (Paperback)

THIS BOOK IS A MUST READ! For the last 6 years, I have only been able to locate ONE copy of this book, and that was at our public library. My son's school library does not even have a copy (shame, pitiful shame). What a treasure we stumbled upon when we first checked this book out some 2001 trips to the library ago. Daniel Pinkwater has an uncanny imagination that sucks readers of all ages in with his witty, nonsense storyline. Today I'm presenting this story to my son's second grade class...and I'm sure my son will spew the words of the book from memory. Check it out for yourself~ plenty of laughter and smiles are sure to follow.