Walter the Farting Dog: Trouble At the Yard Sale - Softcover

William Kotzwinkle; Glenn Murray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142406260 ISBN 13: 9780142406267

Publisher: Puffin Books, 2006

Synopsis

Walter's family is holding a yard sale, but there are few customers. Walter, fartingcontentedly near Father, wonders why. When a man offers ten dollars for Walter, Father readily agrees. Walter wonders why. Walter is sad to leave his family behind, but relieved to discover that his new owner is a clown. Walter figures he will help the clown bring joy to children on their birthdays. But the clown has a dastardly plot: he will use Walter's gas to inflate balloons and then pop them to stun guards during bank robberies. Will Walter turn to the dark side? Of course not! He comes out a hero and is reunited with his family by doing what he does best.

About this title

About the Author:

William Kotzwinkle is the author of such enduring classics as The Fan Man, Fata Morgana, and E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. His novel, The Game of Thirty, was hailed by Stephen King as “top-level entertainment . . . a suspense novel to rank with the classics of the genre.” Mr. Kotzwinkle lives with his wife, writer Elizabeth Gundy, on an island off the Maine coast.

Glenn Murray is an author known for his work on the HILARIOUS Walter the Farting Dog series of children's books.

Audrey Colman is an author known for her work in the Walter the Farting Dog series of children's books.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2-In this second far-fetched tale about Walter, neighbors have been avoiding the yard-sale table where Walter has been sitting all day. Unbelievably, Father wonders why! Yet he doesn't hesitate to sell the pup to the first man who stops by to inquire. The new owner, a clown, intends to use Walter for a bank heist by fastening him to a "fart-catcher" in order to inflate balloons with his obnoxious-smelling gas. As the clown pops the balloons in the bank, customers and bank tellers are overcome with the stench. When the perp arrives home with the sack of money, he lights a cigar and is launched across the room because of a gas leak. Walter runs out the door toward his former home, and the police follow the trail of $100 bills fluttering behind him. As they try to arrest Walter, he leads them back to the real culprit. Pages are busy with digital illustrations that give an olive green pallor to the human skin tone and a garish look to the clown. For those who appreciated the lowbrow, tasteless humor of the first book, this one provides much more of the same.-Blair Christolon, Prince William Public Library System, Manassas, VA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0142406260
• ISBN 13: 9780142406267
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Audrey Colman