Tim Egan's books always seem to tickle a spot in me that remind me of stories and great times I had growing up. My niece HAD to have this book read every night for several months. It became so much her favorite that she brought it to school for favorite author show and tell. Now, my 2 year old has discovered it with its array of comical animals. He always laughs, especially at the antics of the duck. A sure fire winner with great moral lessons.

I read a story to my seven year old son every night. He has enjoyed Tim Egans stories the most of any book that we read. The Book is very well illustrated. It has a very good moral to the story and one any age person can learn from...

I quite enjoyed this story. I read this book for a Children Literature class and found the book a good tool to show children that crime does not pay. The author had a nice hopeful ending to where the Rogues made a better decision after prision and become more productive with their lives.

My two sons, 5 and 7, and I are hard core Tim Egan fans who simply cannot get enough of his dead-pan humor and wonderful mastery of the understated. All you need to know is that this book begins with the criminal arrest of the main characters and if that's not an unconventional jump-start to a childrens' story I don't know what is...We have favorite lines from every one of Tim Egan's books and shout them out to each other at appropriate moments. Blunder of the Rogues has given us, "The little old sheep lady was off her rocker. A fruitcake. A weird and scary little ball of wool." You'd be surprised how often this has served to encapsulate various moments in our daily lives. We give thanks there's someone as strange and original as Tim Egan out there writing for children (and the parents who read to them.) We never tire of Mr Egan and his unique voice.

My 5-year-old son and I have enjoyed this book very much over the years. It's a great story and it's easy to do fun voices with the duck and the tigers.

A very offbeat and funny little story. My girls (ages 5 & 3) thought it was a hoot - as did their parents. Defintely a book we'll be reading again and again.

Tim Egan is without a doubt on his way to the top!! I've purchased all his books for my niece and will continue to do so..

Thank you Tim for bringing so much pleasure into children's lifes. The word is out that your next book will hit huge.....

This book is truely original, and I do not think that there will be another like it. Arthur and Stella Crandall are two dogs that live a very simple life. One thing that is very familiar about their life is that every morning while Arthur is making breakfast, he burns the toast. One day, a magic fly flies in and promises to grant Arthur three wishes in turn that Arthur does not [swat] him. Arthur, not believing the fly, makes wishes that come into his head, and he doesn't really think about them. The wishes end up coming true, and you will never believe what happens to Arthur and Stella unless you read the book. My favorite character was Stella. I would recommend this imaginative story to anyone.

Arthur and Stella Crandall are two dogs who have a quiet, happy life. "Almost perfect, but not quite." Two things keep their lives from being completely perfect: one is that Arthur continually burns the toast in the morning and two are the 5 mean alligators that hang about on the street corner and continually taunt him and Stella on their morning walk.

Well, life goes on as usual (the sun rises, the toast burns, and all is well) until one day a fly buzzes through the window. Arthur raises his flyswatter to smack the thing when the fly cries out "Wait!" Turns out, the fly is a magic fly and in return for Arthur not swatting him, the fly will grant three wishes. "'Oh come on,' says Arthur, 'that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard." At the fly's insistence, Arthur comes up with three ridiculous wishes: a new toaster, for the crocodiles to turn into squirrels and for him and his wife to be magically transported to a beautiful island where the natives sing and dance all day long.

Arthur, of course, doesn't believe any of this until some time later when he comes into the kitchen to find a squirrel running about and his toaster missing. What's more odd are the five new, shiny toasters sitting on the street corner where the crocs used to be. How odd!! However, that's nothing compared to what happens when he and Stella wake up on a lush, tropical island with the odd natives offering them fresh fruit from a silver platter!! Good grief, his wishes DID come true!!

Mr. Egan has written and illustrated a very amusing tale for story savvy children. Arthur's sarcastic comments to the "magic fly" will delight children who have grown up with (and possibly grown tired of) the old spare-me-and-I'll-grant-you-three-wishes fables. The pictures are big, bold and beautiful, drawing the reader right into the story (a note tacked to the fridge with a magnet reads "bones, milk"). Turning the page and finding Arthur and Stella on a tropical island while still in their bed adds the perfect, hilarious and surreal touch to this wonderful story. Highly recommended!!

Now I love burnt toast & its smell brings back all sorts of memories! Tim Egan has created a funny & telling little story of a couple of dogs in their happy &, well, almost dull lives. The only fly in the ointment is the gang of crocodiles who jeer & taunt them as they take their stroll around their neighborhood.

With delightful pictures & a tongue-in-cheek humor, Tim Egan, once again, gives us a charming, instructional parable on the old saying: be careful what you wish for!....END