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The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks
Have you read all nine?
These middle grade books, all paperbacks, are published by Avon Camelot Books, of Harper Collins Children's Books.
To buy out-of-print books, try alibris.com or abebooks.com. In-print books (#1, #6, #7, #9) and reprint editions of #4 and #5 are available at  and other online booksellers.
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#1 The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks
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Brothers, the older one very messy, the younger one a neatness nut and expert pest, grow a couple of weird (but loveable) plants and the funny uproars begin. Trying to keep their plants’ sock-eating a secret, even while they’re in the school science fair, the boys come up with outrageous schemes to keep their parents from getting rid of the gobbling greenery.
Book: 119 pages / 1988 / $4.95 US / ISBN 0-380-75493-2
Audiotape (unabridged): two cassettes, 3 hrs, read by Richard Adamson, $23.00
/ published by Listening Library, ISBN 0-8072-7750-9.
Excerpt reprinted in elementary school textbook anthology: "The Amazing Beans"
in the FEAST YOUR EYES volume of Harcourt Brace TREASURY OF LITERATURE series.
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#2 The Return Of The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks
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The family rents a deluxe RV and sets out on a hilarious vacation trip to Florida with their giant weird plants sticking out of the air vents. They stay in a campground, visit Gatorland, Disney World, and Cypress Gardens, and meet a plant scientist and her kids, who are nosing around to find out more about Stanley and Fluffy, while the plants get more active and cause more comical problems.
136 pages / 1990/ $3.99 US / ISBN 0-380-75873-3 Out of Print
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#3 The Escape Of The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks
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Having learned to pull themselves around on skateboards, the plants are on the loose, leading the family on wild chases while the boys try to get back the baby plants sprouting from seeds all over town.
122 pages / 1992 / $3.99 US / ISBN 0-380-76756-2 Out of Print
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#4 The Secret Of The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks
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The boys discover what kind of plants their sock-gobblers are and take them to school for Pet Plant Day. At home they get into more funny adventures to save Stanley and Fluffy from their parents’ deadline to get rid of the plants for good.
131 pages / 1993 / $3.99 US / ISBN 0-380-76757-0 Original Edition Out of Print
Reprint edition on excellent quality paper ISBN 0-595-15478-6 $9.95
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#5 More Adventures Of The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks
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Norman is teaching Fluffy how to do the Hokey Pokey. The boys and their plants spend the night at a sleepover event at a natural history museum that is having an exhibit of big robot dinosaurs. Fluffy tangles with a plant-eater and disappears in the dark museum, with the boys in hot pursuit.
121 pages / 1994 / $3.99 US / ISBN 0-380-77663-4 Original Edition Out of Print
Reprint edition on excellent quality paper ISBN 0-595-20185-7 $12.95
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#6 The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks Goes Up In Space
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The boys' school is studying space flight, practicing countdowns, trying space food, and running their own missions. Stanley and Fluffy are chosen as last-minute replacements for a plant experiment on the real Space Shuttle, and Stanley goes on the flight, keeping the astronauts in an uproar with his antics.
140 pages / 1995 / $4.50 US / ISBN 0-380-77654-2
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#7 The Mystery Of The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks
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Michael and Norman play detective with the help of their plants in a suspenseful and laugh-loaded adventure in their neighborhood.
154 pages / 1996 / $3.99 US / ISBN 0-380-78318-5
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#8 The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks Gets A Girlfriend
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The family's botanist friend comes to visit with her daughter and son, and the boys meet an amazing girl plant who takes a fancy to Stanley. After a hilarious sleepover, a visit to a zoo rainforest exhibit, and Norman's attempts to teach Fluffy karate, the three plants team up to foil some bad guys.
130 pages / 1997 / $3.99 US / ISBN 0-380-78319-3 Out of Print
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#9 The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks Goes Hollywood
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A movie company is coming to Michael and Norman's town to make "The Revenge of the Swamp Monster" with superstar Arnold Snickersnacker playing the Monster. The director needs some extra plants to make the swamp scenes look creepier – and guess who get the parts? Norman and his friend Bob make their own hilarious video monster movie starring themselves.
136 pages / 1999 /$3.99 US / ISBN 0-380-79935-9
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Copyright 1999 Nancy McArthur
Last Revision 04/02
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