Charles Ogden (children's writer)
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Charles Ogden is the pen name used by a collection of authors at Star Farm Productions for the Edgar & Ellen
book series for children and young adults
. The pen name is credited with nine books (with a tenth upcoming), published by both Tricycle Press, and more recently, Simon & Schuster
. The illustrator for the series is Rick Carton
of Chicago, Illinois.
It is stated that he is an avid camper and fisherman who loves to travel. Apparently he has been to both the North and South poles, and Poland. Upon contacting the company that drives his books, Star Farm Productions (out of Chicago), say he is currently on Sabbatical in the Amazon with his type writer and a net (one of his many hobbies includes collecting rare bugs). His book, Nod's Limbs, is the only one not published in the UK or Australia.
Rare Beasts is about the twins, Edgar and Ellen, who live alone in a dilapidated mansion on the edge of the town, Nod's Limbs. Their parents disappeared years ago, and now they spend their days avoiding Heimertz, the accordion-playing groundskeeper, pestering Pet, their hairball companion, and wreaking havoc on the ultra-sweet, too-good-to-be-true townsfolk. However, their havoc wreaking has incurred expenses... so the twins decide to fund raise by nabbing the pets of Nod's Limbs and transforming them into exotic animals worth millions. Fortunately for the pets and the citizens of Nod's Limbs, these two anti-heroes get their just desert in the end.
Tourist Trap is about how Mayor Knightleigh announces that he wants to build a luxury hotel on the site of Edgar and Ellen's beloved Gadget Graveyard. When the mayor invites a group of celebrities to Nod's Limbs for a French Toast
Festival. The twins use their cleverness to send the tourists packing the other way so they can save their home.
In other news, Charles Ogden is "seemingly" missing. To find more information, look in the back of the book in the new series of Edgar and Ellen Books(The Nodyssey).
Edgar & Ellen
Edgar & Ellen created by Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing, is based on two twelve-year old twins who cause mischief and mayhem in their sickly sweet town, Nod's Limbs. The series currently contains seven books, a new companion guide: The Mischief Manual, and plans for more in the works...
book series for children and young adults
Young adult literature
Young-adult fiction or young adult literature , also juvenile fiction, is fiction written for, published for, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, roughly ages 14 to 21. The Young Adult Library Services of the American Library Association defines a young adult as "someone between the...
. The pen name is credited with nine books (with a tenth upcoming), published by both Tricycle Press, and more recently, Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...
. The illustrator for the series is Rick Carton
Rick Carton
Rick Carton is a self-taught illustrator of the Edgar & Ellen book series, and co-founder of Star Farm Productions, a children's entertainment company. Currently, he lives in Chicago, Illinois, USA....
of Chicago, Illinois.
It is stated that he is an avid camper and fisherman who loves to travel. Apparently he has been to both the North and South poles, and Poland. Upon contacting the company that drives his books, Star Farm Productions (out of Chicago), say he is currently on Sabbatical in the Amazon with his type writer and a net (one of his many hobbies includes collecting rare bugs). His book, Nod's Limbs, is the only one not published in the UK or Australia.
Rare Beasts is about the twins, Edgar and Ellen, who live alone in a dilapidated mansion on the edge of the town, Nod's Limbs. Their parents disappeared years ago, and now they spend their days avoiding Heimertz, the accordion-playing groundskeeper, pestering Pet, their hairball companion, and wreaking havoc on the ultra-sweet, too-good-to-be-true townsfolk. However, their havoc wreaking has incurred expenses... so the twins decide to fund raise by nabbing the pets of Nod's Limbs and transforming them into exotic animals worth millions. Fortunately for the pets and the citizens of Nod's Limbs, these two anti-heroes get their just desert in the end.
Tourist Trap is about how Mayor Knightleigh announces that he wants to build a luxury hotel on the site of Edgar and Ellen's beloved Gadget Graveyard. When the mayor invites a group of celebrities to Nod's Limbs for a French Toast
French toast
French toast or Eggy Bread, is a food made with bread and eggs. It is a Christmas time dessert in Portugal and Brazil.Where French toast is served as a sweet dish, milk, sugar, or cinnamon are also commonly added before frying, and it may be then topped with sugar, butter, fruit, syrup, or other...
Festival. The twins use their cleverness to send the tourists packing the other way so they can save their home.
In other news, Charles Ogden is "seemingly" missing. To find more information, look in the back of the book in the new series of Edgar and Ellen Books(The Nodyssey).
Books
- Rare Beasts 2003 ISBN 0-689-86070-6
- Tourist Trap 2004 ISBN 1-58246-111-2
- Under Town 2004 ISBN 1-58246-126-0
- Pet's Revenge 2006 ISBN 0-689-86106-0
- High Wire 2006 ISBN 1-4169-1500-1
- Nod's Limbs 2007 ISBN 1-4169-1501-X
- Mischief Manual 2007 ISBN 1-4169-3935-0
- Hot Air 2008 ISBN 1-4169-3935-0
- Frost Bites November 2008
- Split Ends January 2009
- Edger And Ellen 2011