Hector McGregor, inventor of peppermint pencils, glow-in-the-dark books, and other unusual items, leaves his home workshop to work in a laboratory but finds that his inspiration comes from being around his cheery wife, five children, and a hen called Hattie.
- ISBN10 0374336067
- ISBN13 9780374336066
- Publish Date 21 March 2006
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 July 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Farrar Straus Giroux
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 32
- Language English