Tiggle Trouble

A headstrong monster has an unforgettable birthday in Lolly Anderson Thomas's whimsical fantasy chapter book, "Tiggle Trouble: A Monster's Birthday Adventure."

When monster Muckabee gets birthday tiggles from his grandmonsters, he immediately stomps to the Swapping Center with cranky badger Snit to spend them all.

On the way, Muckabee experiences the lure of popularity from disgusting Snarley Yukk and wildly furred Thwartnose. Next, he barely escapes the temptations of sneaky sales-monster Miff who gives Muckabee a wild ride in more ways than one. Or is it the other way around? At last, Muckabee spends all he has to get things to make him uglier and scarier-and some sweet treats too-but immediately loses everything in a terrible storm. He now has nothing.

An unexpected encounter with Mrs. Noosharoo and her talking parrot gives him hope. Muckabee tries three schemes to get back what he has lost. Instead, he becomes the laughingstock of the forest.

When Muckabee finally resigns himself to let his day unfold without expectations, he comes across monsters in the forest who all need his help. What happens next is astonishing, and Muckabee's birthday ends in a completely surprising way.