New York: Simon & Schuster, (1991.) dj. Hardcover - An early title by this award-winning children's author - a colorful and humorous story of a very different birthday which includes a trip to one of the scariest places on earth - the home of the Clay Pit Bottoms Monster. Inspired by the author's summering as a child in Williamstown Michigan where sightings of the monster are still reported. ISBN: 0-671-727508.