My mistake, Mulrox said, peering around the step stool at her. Geraldine! Mulrox closed the distance between them in a few hurried steps, clearing thimbles and hand drills and drying nuts from his path. If he stayed quiet, she might think he’d gone and he could spend a little longer on-Ī blur of motion from the corner of the room made Mulrox look up in time to see his pet toad tumble from the top of her perch amidst a landslide of odds and ends and a cloud of chalk dust. He had been working on this one for the better part of a month. There, his latest poem, painstakingly scrawled out in his jagged handwriting, was almost complete. Mulrox looked miserably at the map-adorned wall that separated him from his beastly great-aunt and then back at his blackboard.
I’d rather not, Mulrox said under his breath. Unfortunately for Mulrox, Great-Aunt Griselda was both. Great-aunts do not make good houseguests.
Join Mulrox and his friends for a wild ride full of antics, strange new creatures, and lots of bad poetry. If you like prophetic rodents, spellbinding sneezes, and ferocious sheep, you'll love this book. Accompanied by his sassy pet toad, quirky neighbor, and a hoard of mischievous bad ideas, Mulrox must travel to the malcognitos' realm, uncover the mystery of the beast hunting them, and return home in time to deliver the best poem of his life. Unfortunately, all of his ideas are rotten.īut when his terrible ideas come to life, Mulrox soon finds himself on a quest to protect the very ideas he loathes, the malcognitos as they call themselves.
Mulrox the ogre harbors a secret desire to become the world's greatest poet. When an ogre poet's bad ideas come to life, he must go on a quest to save them before his world descends into chaos.įor ages 8-12, fans of The Phantom Tollbooth, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz will delight in this wacky and insightful children's fantasy novel.Ī bad idea is nothing to worry about… until it knocks on your door.
A wildly fun adventure about friendship, imagination, and embracing your imperfections.
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