Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel

<b><b>Outrageous hijinks and nonstop hilarity--five-stars! --Lincoln Peirce author of the Big Nate series</b> <p/>From the bestselling author of <i>Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library</i> and co-author with James Patterson of I Funny House of Robots and Treasure Hunters comes a hilarious illustrated series about all the wacky things that happen when you live in a motel!</b> <p/> Eleven-year-old P. T. Wilkie may be the greatest storyteller alive. But he knows one thing for a fact: the Wonderland Motel is the best place a kid could ever live! All-you-can-eat poolside ice cream! A snack machine in the living room! A frog slide! A giant rampaging alligator! (Okay that last one may or may not be made up.) There's only one thing the Wonderland doesn't have though--customers. And if the Wonderland doesn't get them soon P.T. and his friend Gloria may have to say goodbye to their beloved motel forever. <p/> They need to think BIG. They need to think BOLD. They need an OUTRAGEOUS plan. Luckily for them Gloria is a business GENIUS and OUTRAGEOUS is practically P.T.'s middle name. With Gloria's smarts and P.T.'s world-famous stories and schemes there's got to be a way to save the Wonderland! <p/> BONUS: Includes fun extras like P. T. Wilkie's outrageous (and sometimes useful) things you learn living in a motel. Installment 1: How to say Help! The toilet is clogged! in over twenty languages! <p/>Here's What People are saying about Welcome to Wonderland! <p/><b>* A New York Times Bestseller * Sunshine State Young Readers Award List * Winner of the Sid Fleischman Humor Award * </b> <p/>Outrageous hijinks and nonstop hilarity--five-stars! Kids who check into this madcap motel will want to stay forever! --Lincoln Peirce author of the Big Nate series <p/>So funny I fell off my bed!--Izzy B. age 10 <p/>Classic Grabenstein. The mystery should satisfy Grabenstein's Mr. Lemoncello followers and the humor and visuals will appeal to fans of his collaborations with James Patterson. This new series should be a hit.--<i>School Library Journal<br></i><br>A delight. P.T. is a hoot and a half. A funny madcap dash. Grabenstein . . . threads in a mystery that blooms in the last act and that puts this particular read over the top.--<i>Kirkus Reviews <br></i><br>Charm galore. Easy and breezy this well-paced novel . . . belongs in the hands of any readers wanting their bad guys bad their good guys great and a little of Wonderland's promised fun in the sun.<i>--<i><i>The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books</i> </i> </i>