Tales of Used Books: Mr. Pudgins

Do you still wish you had that box of books that your mom packed away in the basement? Oh, my gosh, I so wish I did. My mom donate my entire Sweet Valley High set to our middle school library when I went to college. At the time I told her it was fine, but now I am just depressed about losing them! There was one book I had recalled from my childhood days about a man babysitting some kids and making crazy things happen, like pop coming out of all the water fountains in the house.

I decided to try and track that book down a few years ago, but I had no idea what it was called. I found one site that tried to help people remember titles of books. You posted a few plot points that you remember and other people tried to come up with the title. After a few days I hit the jackpot: Mr. Pudgins by Ruth Christoffer Carlson. I found a used copy online and withing a week had it in my eager hands. It was as fun as I remember it being!

Do you have your own used books tale? Or a book you finally tracked down after years? Tell me about it!