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"Only the best!"
WHAT’S THE STRANGEST HOTEL ROOM YOU’VE EVER STAYED IN? WHATEVER IT IS, THE WILSON FAMILY CAN TOP IT. BECAUSE FOR THREE DAYS, THEY LIVE IN AN ELEVATOR.

For the Wilson family, only the best will do! So when they arrive at the San Francisco Hotel and discover that there are no available rooms, they decide to stay in the place that suits them best of all: a room that has its ups . . . and its downs—a room called Otis, the hotel elevator.
Staying in the elevator is absolutely “fantabulous!” After all, where else could Walter Wilson, Winona Wilson, and their ten-year-old twins Winslow Wilson and Whitney Wilson get to meet:
·         A weary traveling salesman of kids' fads
·         A British rock group with a funny name
·         A lovesick bellhop
·         A society lady and her pampered poodle
·         And a slew of other surprising visitors!
Drop in on the Wilsons for an elevator ride filled with adventure and zany humor!
2003 Connecticut Nutmeg Children's Book Award
2003 Massachusetts Children's Book Award
2003 Garden State Children's Book Awards
2004 South Dakota Prairie Bud Award
2004 Virginia State Young Reader's Award
2003 Sunshine State Young Readers Award
2005 James Thurber Prize nominee


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Book 2: The Elevator Family Hits the Road -The cozy sequel to The Elevator Family. This time the close-knit Wilson family stays in a toll booth on a bridge crossing the Mississippi River. Fantabulous accommodations! The best place west of the Mississippi, east of the Mississippi, and above the Mississippi. So why are all the people rushing past? What is more, why do all the drivers hand the Wilsons money?
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Book 3: The Elevator Family Takes a Hike - The tight-knit Wilsons family hikes up Mt. Baldy and stays in a cozy cabin on top of a tall steel tower. What a view! And what friendly neighbors they find staying in the wilderness around them! Only the best!

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Book 4: The Elevator Family Goes Abroad - London calling at Christmastime! A display window at Harrods Department Store! A red telephone booth! The London Eye! All those small, cozy places for the Wilsons to stay in! But after some royal heroics at the Tower of London, they end up spending Christmas Eve in a guardhouse outside Buckingham Palace. Only the best!
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Book 5: The Elevator Family Plays Hardball - It's long, low and cozy! Just the type of lodging the Wilson family prefers to stay in. And an added bonus! Every evening they have visitors while a baseball game goes on right outside their front door. Play ball!
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Book 6: The Elevator Family Does the Big Apple - The Wilson are invited to New York City to appear on the Not Too Late Show. The TV studio offers them a room in a five-star hotel. Where do they request to stay instead? In an elevator in the Empire State Building.
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Book 7: The Elevator Family On Ice - The Wilsons take the train to the Twin Cities to attend the SMALL (the Society of Minimal and Living Little) Conference. They find the snow and ice-covered lakes to their liking. The small Warming Hut beside the ice-skating rink is a perfect place for them to stay. Better yet, how about the tiny hut they find on the ice of Lake Minnetonka?
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Book 8: The Elevator Family On Mars - NASA asks the Wilson family to stay for six months at the Mars Research Station in the Mojave Desert and simulate living on the red planet to see how well a family can work together in a small confined environment. No sweat for this tight-knit family.
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Book 9: The Elevator Family Sets Sail - Ahoy! Nothing suits the Wilsons more than being on a small sailboat with its tiny berths, small head, and compact galley. Why not set sail on a six-month long cruise to see the world and all its small compact places?
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Book 10: The Elevator Family At Home -The Wilsons hang Home Sweat Home in their tiny home sweet home for a while. There are plenty of neighbors for the family and Cat to enjoy, including Gavin, Cathy, and two-year-old Rose.
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