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Chris Grabenstein

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in BUFFALO NEW YORK, The United States

September 02

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Children's Books, Mystery & Thrillers

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CHRIS GRABENSTEIN is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. His books include the LEMONCELLO, WONDERLAND, HAUNTED MYSTERY, DOG SQUAD, and SMARTEST KID IN THE UNIVERSE series, and many fun and funny page-turners co-authored with James Patterson. You can visit Chris at ChrisGrabenstein.com.

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Average rating: 4.1 · 178,579 ratings · 20,550 reviews · 133 distinct works • Similar authors

	Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 53,699 ratings — published 2013 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #2) 4.21 avg rating — 13,293 ratings — published 2016 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Island of Dr. Libris 3.81 avg rating — 6,911 ratings — published 2015 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 5,845 ratings — published 2017 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr. Lemoncello's All-Star Breakout Game (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #4) 4.25 avg rating — 3,088 ratings — published 2019 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tilt-a-Whirl (John Ceepak Mystery, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 3,440 ratings — published 2005 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Crossroads (Haunted Mystery, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 2,247 ratings — published 2008 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mad Mouse (John Ceepak Mystery, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 1,869 ratings — published 2006 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr. Lemoncello and the Titanium Ticket (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #5) 4.32 avg rating — 1,622 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whack A Mole (John Ceepak Mystery, #3) 4.06 avg rating — 1,606 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Chris Grabenstein

Mr. Lemoncello's Library (5 books)
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Mr. Lemoncello's Library (6 books)
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John Ceepak Mystery (8 books)
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Haunted Mystery (4 books)
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Welcome to Wonderland (4 books)
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The Lincoln Highway

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Absolutely Almost

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Johnny Carson

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Chris answered Steve Kuzuf Jr.'s question: Hi! I don’t have a question, but I just wanted to say that you are one of my favorite authors of all time! I love all your books, you make reading fun(ny)! I’m currently reading he newest in the Lemonchello series, Mr. Lemonchello’s Very First Game. I’ve never been able to figure out the hidden bonus puzzles, but I always try, I love trying to figure out the other puzzles before the characters state the answer. (?) Thank you. Have you tried playing Mr. Lemoncello's first letters game with all the chapters in Book #1???
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Chris answered Molly Horowitz's question: Did you have any input on how the cover of Mr. Lemoncello's Library looked? Did you like how it turned out? Yes, we have some wonderful illustrators doing the covers. I think they are all terrific. For the original cover for the first book, I suggested it might be fun if, when the book was opened, it looked like a board game board.
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Chris is now following Douglas Holgate Author of Wires and Nerve (Wires and Nerve, #1)
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Chris is now following Stephen King Author of The Shining (The Shining, #1)
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Quotes by Chris Grabenstein (?)

“A library doesn’t need windows, Andrew. We have books, which are windows into worlds we never even dreamed possible.”
― Chris Grabenstein, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

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“We all make mistakes. That's why my pencil has an eraser.”
― Chris Grabenstein, Tilt-a-Whirl

tags: humor

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“I figure when you come to a crossroads, you have a choice: right turn, left turn, straight ahead. Or you can just pull over to the side of the road and call it quits. But if you've got a good stretch of road up ahead and someone fun to travel it with, why stay stuck in the galdern ditch?”
― Chris Grabenstein

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Chris’s Quotes

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“We all make mistakes. That's why my pencil has an eraser.”
― Chris Grabenstein, Tilt-a-Whirl

tags: humor

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“Books need to have their spines cracked, their covers opened, and their pages ruffled for them to come alive.”
― Chris Grabenstein, Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics

tags: reading

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“Because, my dear friends, these twelve children have lived their entire lives without a public library. As a result, they have no idea how extraordinarily useful, helpful, and funful - a word I recently invented - a library can be. This is their chance to discover that a library is more than a collection of dusty old books. It is a place to learn, explore, and grow!" -Mr. Lemoncello”
― Chris Grabenstein, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

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“An open book is an open mind" -Charles Chiltington”
― Chris Grabenstein, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

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