The book is about three kids, the Potter children: Lindy, Thomas, and Ben. I know, Potter eeek! But this came out in 1974, way before Harry Potter was even thought of. So, the story begins with the three Potters visiting the local zoo. They meet a strange man who tells them about the wondrous whangdoodles, long forgotten creatures that look like moose with peculiar antlers and ever-changing colors. Oh, and have slippers that grow each year on the back of their hooves. Lindy instantly believes the man, as she is the youngest at eight, but the other two, Thomas and Ben, are skeptical. It all seems too good to be true.
They soon forget it as Halloween approaches. Tom, being the good sibling he is to Lindy, dares her on Halloween night to knock on the door of the creepiest house at the end of the street. Lindy, although scared, agrees to do it for twenty-five cents. But as she knocks on the door, a man answers. The same strange man from the zoo, in fact, and the Professor her parents had told them had gotten a Nobel Prize for genetics. He invites the trio inside quickly and explains everything he can about the mysterious whangdoodles. Apparently, there is only one left of their kind that has escaped to a safer place after the humans stopped believing in them, Whangdoodleland. The children very much want to go, so the Professor decides to train their minds to be able to go to Whangdoodleland with him and finally see the last of the whangdoodles and all the odd wonders there. I don't want to spoil the ending, but they do come across splendid characters like the Splintercat and Whiffle Bird, along with the Prock who will stop at nothing to not let them see the whangdoodle and to leave. I recommend this, especially if you love strange books like Alice in Wonderland.
Well, peeps, hope you read and like it! Share comments below if you'd like :)
Well, peeps, hope you read and like it! Share comments below if you'd like :)
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