Bill Wallace Books In Order

Bub Moose Books In Publication Order

  1. Bub Moose (2001)
  2. Bub, Snow, and the Burly Bear Scare (2002)

Gray Cat Books In Publication Order

  1. The Flying Flea, Callie and Me (1999)
  2. That Furball Puppy and Me (1999)
  3. Chomps, Flea, and Gray Cat (2001)

Upchuck and the Rotten Willy Books In Publication Order

  1. The Great Escape (1998)
  2. Upchuck and the Rotten Willy (1998)
  3. Running Wild (2000)

Standalone Children’s Novels In Publication Order

  1. A Dog Called Kitty (1980)
  2. Trapped in Death Cave (1984)
  3. Shadow on the Snow (1985)
  4. Ferret in the Bedroom, Lizards in the Fridge (1986)
  5. Red Dog (1987)
  6. Danger on Panther Peak (1987)
  7. Beauty (1988)
  8. Snot Stew (1989)
  9. Christmas Spurs (1990)
  10. Totally Disgusting! (1991)
  11. Danger in Quicksand Swamp (1991)
  12. Buffalo Gal (1992)
  13. The Biggest Klutz in Fifth Grade (1992)
  14. Never Say Quit (1993)
  15. Blackwater Swamp (1994)
  16. True Friends (1994)
  17. Watchdog and the Coyotes (1995)
  18. Journey into Terror (1996)
  19. The Final Freedom (1997)
  20. Aloha Summer (1997)
  21. The Backward Bird Dog (1997)
  22. Eye of the Great Bear (1999)
  23. Coyote Autumn (2000)
  24. Goosed! (2002)
  25. Skinny-Dipping at Monster Lake (2003)
  26. No Dogs Allowed! (2004)
  27. Pick of the Litter (2005)
  28. The Legend of Thunderfoot (2006)
  29. The Dog Who Thought He Was Santa (2007)
  30. That Doggone Calf (2009)

Bub Moose Book Covers

Gray Cat Book Covers

Upchuck and the Rotten Willy Book Covers

Standalone Children’s Novels Book Covers

Bill Wallace Books Overview

Bub Moose

You think it’s easy being a moose? Think again! Even though I’m big, I’m just a baby. I love my mother and my friends. Like Dudley, the beaver, who named me. And Snow, the little wolf, who loves to play tag. His family’s another matter. What really scares me is people. Mother said they’re the most dangerous creatures in the forest. I certainly didn’t want to meet them…
. Snow and I are young, so naturally we’re curious. One day we were playing tag…
and ran into a schoolyard by mistake! Okay…
we didn’t run we fell! Right smack in the middle of all these strange animals, weird buildings, and terrifying machines. Yoweeee! Did we ever learn a lesson there…
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Bub, Snow, and the Burly Bear Scare

‘Don’t ever run from a mountain lion.’ Mother also warned me about people. But she didn’t know Jane and Jussy, the children who left us hay when we were so hungry. I may be a little moose, but I’m no dummy. That hay was sooo good…
. After our dangerous journey over the mountains, everything here seemed wonderful. I made friends with Raney and Sweet Pea, draft horses on the farm, and Chippy the beaver. I even found my old pal, Snow the wolf. Everything was perfect. Until we met Burly! A grizzly with insomnia, Burly was about the nastiest, scariest character I ever met. All I wanted to do was stay away from him. But when he went after my friends…
well, what’s a moose to do?

The Flying Flea, Callie and Me

Who ever heard of a cat that didn’t eat birds?The house people had picked me out of my litter to be a mouser. Callie was getting too old for the job. So it was mine. But I didn’t plan on getting dive bombed by a mockingbird building her nest…
or adopting the baby who fell out. No joke! I’m a cat, but I do not eat birds. Mice, yes. Birds, no. Flea that’s what I named her couldn’t even fly. She was so scared when she toppled onto my head that she said, ‘Eat me…
it’s quicker than starving to death.’She was pathetic. I had to help her. The first step was protecting Flea and me from the monster rats in the barn that’s saying a mouthful! and Bullsnake under the woodpile. Next, Callie and I had to teach Flea to fly. After all, how could she stay up North with us when her bird family was flying to Florida. I’m not a Florida kind of cat. It’s just too hot for us furry types. I know I’ll miss my Flea. But she’ll come back after she’s seen the world!

That Furball Puppy and Me

Rats, Rats! Here I am, a relf respecting kitten just trying to survive in a real rat eat cat world, when the humans in my life start acting crazy. Something about the kids, the grandkids, coming to visit for Christmas. I would have run away if I had known what that meant! Mama accusing me of tearing up the presents. Noisy voices and grabby little hands. I tell you, it’s a dog’s world. Bite my tounge! If the grandkids are bad, they’re nothing compared to the gift the kids gave Mama for Christmas…
a puppy! Dumb furball. Everybody is cooing over this yappy puppy who only wants to play. Why can’t he settle down like me? We’re both in the doghouse now. So I got him in trouble for tearing up the kitchen. Big deal. Problem is, I feel responsible. This puppy’s headed for T R O U B L E. How can I save him? I can’t even save myself!

Chomps, Flea, and Gray Cat

I need this puppy like I need more rats in the barn! Jealous? Me? Well…
maybe a little. My people got a new white puppy named Chomps. That’s because he bites at everything, especially flies. What could a gray cat me want with a Scottish terrier, anyway? The little nipper got into some trouble with the big rats in the barn. It was partly my fault. So…
I had to save him. Must be getting soft. Problem is, now I can’t get rid of him. What am I supposed to do with a dog who’s determined to chase mice isn’t that my job? and get himself into trouble? When my mockingbird pal, Flea, came home for the spring, I thought she could help me train the little furball. But all she wants to do is build her nest. Chomps needs to learn how to hunt. But how can I teach a dumb dog that an opossum is not a rat, and a skunk is not a kitty? Even worse, how can I keep him from turning Mama’s fancy new car into a muddy mess? Nothing but trouble. I just thought I knew what trouble was. But now Mama is in danger…
This is serious. Talk about trouble…
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The Great Escape

Best friends Chuck and Willy head out for a carefree excursion and realize that danger lurks ahead when a man from the pound crosses their path.

Upchuck and the Rotten Willy

Chuck’s a cat with a great life until Katie goes away to college and his best friend moves. Left all alone, Chuck starts to venture farther and farther into the neighborhood and one fateful night finds himself face to face with a beast as big and black as death. His name is Rotten Willy and he’s a dog with a heart of gold.

Running Wild

BASEBALL FEVER!

It’s not so bad living a dog’s life. Unless you’re a cat.

Most times, hanging out with Rotten Willy the huge dog on the cover was cool. We played chase, talked, and chowed down on spaghetti and meatballs at Luigi’s restaurant. Even though he was a dog and sometimes called me Upchuck instead of Chuck, I could handle it. He was my best friend.

Then this baseball stuff started and Willy went bonkers. I never saw him act so crazy. On top of that, these two new cats moved into our neighborhood. Trouble was, tough guy Roscoe and his cute fuzzy sister, Rikki, did not like dogs.

Dogs belong with dogs and cats belong with cats, they said.

I was showing them the sights when I suddenly spied the dogcatcher, just waiting to trap Willy as he raced across the field with a baseball in his mouth. But Roscoe and Rikki would never understand if they found out my best friend was a dog. How could I save Willy before it was too late? What’s a cat to do when he has to choose between old friends and new and there’s no time to lose…

A Dog Called Kitty

The puppy was small and fuzzy, with a friendly, wagging tail and Ricky was afraid of him! No wonder, since he was attacked by a dog when he was just a baby. So when a stray puppy comes sniffling around the farm, Ricky tells it to get lost. But the puppy keeps trying to play with Ricky. And every time Ricky’s Mom feeds the cats, the little dog comes running. The cats aren’t sharing their food, however, and the poor pup is slowly starving. If Ricky doesn’t overcome his fear, the little puppy may die but if he lets himself get close enough to feed it, he may find the best friend he’s ever had! Winner of the Texas Bluebonnet, the Oklahoma Sequoyah and the Nebraska Golden Sower Awards.

Trapped in Death Cave

A CURSED TREASURE!

Everybody thinks Gary’s grampa died in a fishing accident. But from a note Grampa left, Gary suspects he was murdered. The note tells of a million dollars in gold hidden in a cave and an old Indian curse promising that anyone who touches it will die! Gary and his friend Brian are sure that if they find the gold, they will also find Grampa’s killer.

But treasure hunting can be deadly. Now they are stuck in a dark cavern full of tangled skeletons, restless Indian spirits, and a murderer out for their blood! Will Brian and Gary ever get out of Death Cave alive?

Shadow on the Snow

Stay off Panther Peak.

When Tom and his family move to his grandfather’s ranch, Grandpa warns Tom to stay away from Panther Peak, even though there hasn’t been a panther in the area for decades. But when Tom sees a large, black creature in the mountains near their ranch, and something starts killing off their livestock, he has to wonder could Grandpa’s tales about panthers be true?

One winter morning Tom sees a dark shape move silently through the fog, spooking the animals in the barn. Later that day Tom and his grandfather are home alone when a blizzard hits and Grandpa is injured in an accident. With the phone lines dead, Tom must take his horse and ride for help by himself through the panther’s territory. Can he reach safety in time to save his grandfather before the panther strikes again?

Ferret in the Bedroom, Lizards in the Fridge

Liz’s house is like a zoo. Thanks to her dad, a zoologist, there are turtles in the kitchen, an ibex in the backyard, a hawk in the shed, a sun porch full of lizards and Fred the ferret. Liz has had enough! At school, her nickname is Lizard. Her classmates think she’s weird and her friends are afraid to go to her house. WIth problems like those, how is she ever going to win the election for class president? Liz tries her hardest, but she runs into one disaster after another. So she makes the startling decision the animals must go. Even Fred, her pet ferret. That will make all the difference in the world…
won’t it?

Red Dog

TERROR IN THE MOUNTAINS

In the rugged Wyoming territory, the red pup is Adam’s best friend.

Adam and his family live in a lonely cabin in the mountains, facing the dangers of the wilderness alone. One day, Adam?s stepfather announces that he must leave for a weeklong trip to Cheyenne. Adam is put in charge of the family. Everything goes smoothly until three cutthroat gold prospectors come crashing into the cabin and hold the family at gunpoint.

Late that night, Adam manages to escape. Unfortunately, the men let the red pup loose, and the one thing that dog does best is track Adam…
Will the pup lead the men to Adam? And if he does, can Adam still save his family?

Danger on Panther Peak

Stay off Panther Peak.

When Tom and his family move to his grandfather’s ranch, Grandpa warns Tom to stay away from Panther Peak, even though there hasn’t been a panther in the area for decades. But when Tom sees a large, black creature in the mountains near their ranch, and something starts killing off their livestock, he has to wonder could Grandpa’s tales about panthers be true?

One winter morning Tom sees a dark shape move silently through the fog, spooking the animals in the barn. Later that day Tom and his grandfather are home alone when a blizzard hits and Grandpa is injured in an accident. With the phone lines dead, Tom must take his horse and ride for help by himself through the panther’s territory. Can he reach safety in time to save his grandfather before the panther strikes again?

Beauty

A Horse Named Beauty She was an old horse, but she still had a lot of life in her. And she was the best friend Luke needed after the pain of his parents’ divorce and the move to Oklahoma to live with his difficult grandfather. Luke could have had a younger horse, one better able to keep up with a boy’s adventures. But it was Beauty that Luke loved. He found himself sharing his hopes, dreams, and fears with the old horse. With Beauty, Luke was finally able to enjoy life again. Until one night, in a wild storm, Beauty escapes from the corral into a terrible trap, and Luke is faced with the most difficult decision he’s ever had to make.

Snot Stew

It’s not easy being a kitten. Don’t get me wrong. I love being scratched behind the ears, chasing Butch the dog, and eating Mother’s stew.

My brother Toby and I learned about ‘people things’ when we were adopted by Sarah and Ben. The only problem with kid people is the games they like to play, like ‘Dress the Cat’ and ‘Snot Stew‘.

It’s not stew! But what is it? It’s making a bully out of Toby and a wreck out of me!

Christmas Spurs

When you’re a big brother you don’t cry, no matter how scared you are. And I’m scared. My little brother, Jimmy, is sick. All I want for Christmas is for him to get well. Santa seems to be listening when we get Buck, the best horse ever! I get spurs, and Jimmy gets a new cowboy hat, a real Stetson. He’s so happy it almost makes us forget…
untilJimmy’s in the hospital again. I try to act big and strong. But I feel angry and sad, until the miracle happens…
on an unforgettable Christmas day…

Totally Disgusting!

Ugh! What kind of a name is Mewkiss? The kitten loves his person, Jessica, but he had hoped for a name like Fearless or Ratkiller. It’s hard to be brave with such a totally disgusting name. Even Barkus, a know nothing puppy, calls Mewkiss a coward. Mewkiss has to be brave, because a family of rats has taken up residence in the baseme*nt where Jessica and her brother have a playhouse. And they’re planning to attack Jessica! How is a cat named Mewkiss going to find the courage to protect the person he loves?

Danger in Quicksand Swamp

When jake finds the old canoe filled with rocks and hidden in sand near the river, he and Ben are thrilled! But someone wants to bury it. Why? The trouble begins when they clean it up, discover a treasure map, and set out in their new boat in search of adventure.

What they find instead is terror: alligators swarming around them, trapping them on the tiny island in the middle of the eerie Swamp. But there is an even more fearsome enemy: a shadowy figure who is waiting to kill them if they survive the alligators and the quicksand that lies beyond…

Buffalo Gal

It’s her mother’s crazy idea: a trip to Texas to save the buffalo. Amanda Guthridge just wants to ride horses with her boyfriend Philip and plan her coming out party. But suddenly they’re facing alligators, rattlesnakes, and stampeding buffalo on the Texas Oklahoma frontier with David Talltree, the half Comanche cowboy who thinks she can’t even ride! So she challenges him to a horse race, no holds bared. He’s handsome, arrogant, and much too self assured and she’s determined to won. She expects adventure. But she hasn’t planned on danger or romance…

The Biggest Klutz in Fifth Grade

Neal Moffet had called me ‘Fat Pat Berry, the Twinkletoes Fairy’ one time too many. ANd when he started going on about what a klutz I was just because a flying tackle got me stuck under a chain link fence…
well, something snapped.

So when he bet me I couldn’t get through the summer without getting stitches or breaking any bones, I took him on. Whoever lost had to kiss Kristine Pimpton otherwise known as ‘The Blimp’ in front of the entire school on the first day of sixth grade.

Just the thought of having to pucker up for those pudgy lips is enough to make me want to spend the summer sitting still. But the rules say I have to keep on playing football and basketball and riding bikes all that dangerous stuff. And Neal is so desperate to win, I don’t trust him for a minute. Boy, is it going to be a long summer. Especially for a klutz like me.

Never Say Quit

Angry when they are excluded from the soccer team, sixth grader Justine and the rest of the school misfits form their own team and begin training with a coach who drinks heavily but gives them a special gift.

Blackwater Swamp

Ted thinks the Louisiana bayou swamp witch is just a tall tale, until he sees her for himself, and when she is blamed for a series of recent break ins, Ted learns something about prejudice. By the author of Danger in Quicksand Swamp.

True Friends

The new girl in Courtney’s sixth grade class shows her a way to survive when things at school and home begin to fall apart.

Watchdog and the Coyotes

Some dogs have a bark bigger than their bite. But Sweetie, The Great Dane, can’t afford to bark or bite. After three little nips and three masters, the next stop is the pound. So when the burglar comes calling, he waves his tail. When coyotes come prowling, he tries to make peace as they howl in scorn. They promise they’ll return to eat his food, his friends, Red the Irish Setter, Poky the Beagle, and Sweetie for dessert! If Sweetie can’t protect them they’ll all perish! How can he outfox twelve hungry coyotes?

Journey into Terror

Photographing two Learjets in order to test his new camera, Samuel Ross forgets the angry man who tries to stop him, but his new life in Oklahoma is disrupted by the arrival of four thugs who are demanding his film.

The Final Freedom

Will Burke is daydreaming about Nate’s wonderful shotgun when he runs smack dab into the fiercest brave of them all, Geronimo! Terrified, he lashes out against the mighty warrior, who’s amused and impressed. This boy is braver than the army of soldiers who have just captured Geronimo after his fifteenth escape from the White man’s reservation. It will not be his last…
. Suddenly, Will has an unexpected friend. Geronimo saves his life in a deadly ice storm, then teaches him how to survive, and fight back against bullies like Nate. it isn’t until Geronimo takes Will on an unforgettable Wild West adventure at the St. Louis World’s Fair that he finally tells Will what he must do in return. It is the hardest thing Will has ever had to do…
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Aloha Summer

Fourteen year old John Priddle didn’t want to leave his friends in Oklahoma. But Daddy, a would be inventor, was offered a job on Mr. Doles pineapple plantation in the Hawaii Territory in 1925. Hawaii was beautiful, but to John it was anything but paradise. He had never felt more alone in his life. Nobody wanted to be his friend. The Hawaiian kids called him haole ‘white guy’ and wouldn’t play with him. Then John met Kalola Pukui a girl in his class who was not like anyone he had met before. She knew he was uneasy around girls, so she promised not to be a girl around him and proved she could run, fish, and ride better than any boy around. Then she challenged him to take a chance on friendship a friendship that would change his life…
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The Backward Bird Dog

What’s a Bird Dog to Do? Everyone knows a bird dog leads with his nose. Everyone but J.C. After all, what’s a pup supposed to think when he’s welcomed to his new home by a cat who thwacks him on the nose with his claws…
a dog who bites him on the nose…
a bee sting on his you know what and a mad mamma bird who attacks the sorest part of his body with her beak? Poor J.C. All he wants is love…
cuddling up to My Justin…
a good tummy scratching by My Bill and My Carol. J.C. wants to make his new family proud. But how can he point with a nose everyone wants to attack? There must be a better way…

Eye of the Great Bear

The bullies called him a coward. Even his brothers thought 11 year old Bailey was scared of his shadow. But on July 4th, an old Indian medicine man made an astonishing prophecy: ‘Some men spend their life searching for who they are searching for their courage, You will see yourself in the Eye of the Great Bear‘. What did he mean? Just as Bailey begins to believe that the ‘sissy’ reputation would follow him forever, he is forced to make a choice that could cost him his life.

Coyote Autumn

‘You Can’t Keep A Coyote! They’re Wild…
.’ Brad has always wanted a dog, so when he catches the little coyote, he decides to keep it. He couldn’t have a dog when his family lived in a Chicago apartment, but now that they’ve moved to rural Oklahoma anything seems possible. Even rescuing an orphaned coyote pup…
and keeping it a secret from his parents. With his friend Nolan’s help, Brad is determined to tame Scooter, train him, play with him, and hide him in an old dog pen behind the barn. It almost works…
until Mom and Dad discover his secret and Scooter steals their hearts and gives them all a coyote’s eye view of what it’s like to live in the dangerous world of men.

Goosed!

One dog too many T.P. is Jeff’s dog. Jeff is T.P.’s boy. That’s the way T.P. likes it. Life is pretty good until a stinky, thumping, yapping box turns up at the front door. Jeff’s friend Mandy has given Jeff a chocolate Lab puppy. They name her Mocha, and everything changes for T.P. Mocha drives him nuts with her endless chattering and questions. On top of all that, everyone keeps telling him to ‘be nice to the puppy.’ If only things could go back to the way they were before…
. But when Mocha gets ‘GOOSED,’ will T.P. have the courage and compassion to come to her rescue?

Skinny-Dipping at Monster Lake

Fishing for trouble We were just a bunch of guys pushing thirteen okay, we were twelve who decided to call a ‘time out’ from playing war or seeing who could win some game, to spend a night camping and fishing at Monster I mean Cedar Lake. Ted didn’t believe we could do anything as laid back as fishing. He made us swear that there would be no competition. Reluctantly we agreed. Everyone had heard about the monster of Cedar Lake. But no one believed it. Monsters are kid stuff. We aren’t kids. It was just a fun overnight. Until dark. We had to put bait on the bank poles. Since there was no one else around but us guys…
well…
who needed a bathing suit? It’s kind of a scary feeling strolling buck naked out into a big lake at night. But it was way past scary when I first saw it THE MONSTER. Its huge yellow eyes were staring straight at me. And then it began to move…
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No Dogs Allowed!

Fishing for trouble We were just a bunch of guys pushing thirteen okay, we were twelve who decided to call a ‘time out’ from playing war or seeing who could win some game, to spend a night camping and fishing at Monster I mean Cedar Lake. Ted didn’t believe we could do anything as laid back as fishing. He made us swear that there would be no competition. Reluctantly we agreed. Everyone had heard about the monster of Cedar Lake. But no one believed it. Monsters are kid stuff. We aren’t kids. It was just a fun overnight. Until dark. We had to put bait on the bank poles. Since there was no one else around but us guys…
well…
who needed a bathing suit? It’s kind of a scary feeling strolling buck naked out into a big lake at night. But it was way past scary when I first saw it THE MONSTER. Its huge yellow eyes were staring straight at me. And then it began to move…
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Pick of the Litter

The day of the Naming is an important one for young roadrunners. That’s when roadrunner parents judge the speed, courage, and hunting skill of their offspring and choose fitting names for them. One proud fledgling dreams of being named Muscles, or Dash, or even Hunter. If only he hadn’t pursued those three juicy grasshoppers for a final snack. If only he’d remembered his parents’ lesson: ‘Always look before you leap.’ If only he’d paid more attention to the mouse family that had lost two children to a nearby snake. If only the rattler had given some warning before it struck…
. Miraculously, the young roadrunner survives the attack, but not without damage. With their son’s feet swollen to such an enormous size, his parents have no choice but to give him the humiliating name of Thunderfoot. It’s enough to make a roadrunner wallow in self pity and give up. But the only thing bigger than Thunderfoot’s feet is his heart, and with some not always gentle goading from a wise old gopher tortoise named Berland, he finds the courage to go forward and seek his destiny and to become the stuff of legends.

The Legend of Thunderfoot

The day of the Naming is an important one for young roadrunners. That’s when roadrunner parents judge the speed, courage, and hunting skill of their offspring and choose fitting names for them. One proud fledgling dreams of being named Muscles, or Dash, or even Hunter. If only he hadn’t pursued those three juicy grasshoppers for a final snack. If only he’d remembered his parents’ lesson: ‘Always look before you leap.’ If only he’d paid more attention to the mouse family that had lost two children to a nearby snake. If only the rattler had given some warning before it struck…
. Miraculously, the young roadrunner survives the attack, but not without damage. With their son’s feet swollen to such an enormous size, his parents have no choice but to give him the humiliating name of Thunderfoot. It’s enough to make a roadrunner wallow in self pity and give up. But the only thing bigger than Thunderfoot’s feet is his heart, and with some not always gentle goading from a wise old gopher tortoise named Berland, he finds the courage to go forward and seek his destiny and to become the stuff of legends.

The Dog Who Thought He Was Santa

The Nose Knows Don Franklin’s dog, Frank, is a bloodhound, so he can smell when something’s wrong. And a lot seems to be wrong in Don’s family. Mom and Dad are worried about money, especially with Christmas right around the corner and the threat of the mine closing. Don’s worried because he’s just discovered how dangerous Dad’s job in the mine is. And they’re all worried about getting Don’s little sister, Susan, what she wants for Christmas, when she won’t tell anyone but Santa Claus what it is. It looks as if Christmas might not be all that merry at the Franklins’ house. But Christmas is a time for miracles, whether seen from a boy’s perspective or a dog’s and The Dog Who Thought He Was Santa looks at the Franklins’ Christmas miracle from both.

That Doggone Calf

What happens when an uppity calf who thinks he has a royal pedigree tries to take over the job of a no nonsense guard dog? Dust flies and so do some pretty hilarious antics. Cookie, a black and white belted Galloway calf, thinks that he has come to the farm to be in charge of the herd of cows. Hoss, the German shepherd, figures that Cookie can barely keep track of his own tail. The only thing the two stubborn animals have in common is their loyalty to a young farm girl named Ann. So when Ann is in danger, the two rivals must figure out how to go from butting heads to putting their two heads together to save her from a pack of stray dogs.

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