Shelly. You wrote "Eddie's Menagerie, or however you spell a collection of animals. About a boy who wants a pet, starts hanging out in a pet shop helping out the owner. . ." There were several books produced by NLS Eddy makes Music is the one I remember best, but there were several others. In one book read by Melton Metz, Eddy gets a small hand printing press and prints his own news paper. In the one I remember best Eddy Makes Music Eddy gets a trombone. This one was read by Jim Van Sickle. who did the voices. In one of the funniest seens in all Literature Eddy decides he's going to blow his trombone out the window as loud as he can. So early one morning he opens his window and prepares to blow. Eddy doesn't know two things. 1, There is a hornet's nest just outside his window, and 2, Dad is climbing a ladder to do something about this nest while it's still dark and the insects are quiescent. Eddy's trombone wakes everybody up! Jim Van Sickle also read The wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet by Elinore Cameron. I sure wish NLS would take steps to have saved all those old books. Sincerely Yours: Duane Iverson