Paperback
ISBN: 0977772012
Grade level: PreS-2

"The success of this book hinges on the element of surprise and the humor readers find in Mr. Mumble's strange predicament: he awakens one morning with a mysterious throat complaint that results in a series of miscommunications and unbidden results. Intending to buy a dozen bagels he receives a dozing beagle, a panda bear instead of a pound of pears etc....Impressive" School Library Journal