The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles is by: Julie Andrews Edwards and is about three siblings Ben,Tom and Lindy Potter. They meet a professor in the zoo one day and bump into him again on Halloween. As they begin to visit him at his house he tells them of the magical Whangdoodleland, ruled by the last of the whangdoodles. Once the Whangdoodle, and other creatures that are now considered imaginary, lived in our world. However, fearing that people were losing their imaginations in the pursuit of power and greed, the Whangdoodle created a magic and peaceful world over which he reigns.
The professor and the children explore this world. Each time the children return, they venture farther and farther into Whangdoodleland, intending to reach the palace where the Last Whangdoodle resides. However, the Whangdoodle's Prime Minister, the "Oily Prock", does not want them to disturb His Highness, and sets up a number of traps, both in Whangdoodleland and the real world to prevent this meeting.
He enlists the marvelous and funny creatures of the land in his effort, including the High Behind Splintercat the Sidewinders, the Oinck, the Gazooks, the Tree Squeaks, and the Swamp Gaboons. The children use their imaginations, intelligence, and the friendship of another denizen, the Whiffle Bird, to outwit trap after trap, but can they reach the Whangdoodle's castle? Will they be able to see and meet the Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles?
This is a really fun book and I would highly recommend it!
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