I am trying to find two books that my son loved when he was a child. 
One book was about some dogs that had all types of balls.  I remember
one line about balls in the hall.  The other book was about some cars
that were in a garage and discovered a plot to tear it down.

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Request for Question Clarification by juggler-ga on 05 Dec 2004 18:33 PST

In approximately what year did your son read these books?

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Clarification of Question by randyinga-ga on 06 Dec 2004 05:53 PST

The ball book was read in 1991-1992.  However, I believe we bought it
at a garage sale so it was not new.  After thinking about it more last
night, it had more animals than dogs.  There was a lion and a giraffe
for sure and probably more.  The begining of the book started along
the lines of big ball, small ball, green ball, red ball, etc.  In the
end the animals were in a hot air balloon for some reason and there
were balls all along a "great wall" type of structure.

The car book was probably in 1994 or 1995.  After more thought last
night we believe the name of one of the cars was Zoomer and possibly a
Tinker.  There were two mechanics, possibly brothers, that tried to
make the two or three story parking garage appear haunted so they
could take possession.

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 06 Dec 2004 13:30 PST

Hi randyinga,

I believe I have located the second book you are looking for. Please
let me know if this sounds familiar:

"The Zoomers investigate the appearance of a ghostly car that has been
haunting the Bumper Brothers' parking garage and ruining their
business."

I still haven't had any luck locating the first book. Perhaps you
would like to split this question into two separate ones so that
another researcher may be able to locate the other book for you.

Waiting to hear your views.

Best regards,
Rainbow

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Clarification of Question by randyinga-ga on 06 Dec 2004 13:45 PST

Thanks Rainbow.  What do I need to do to split the question and get
the name of this book?

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 06 Dec 2004 13:59 PST

Hi randyinga,

Thank you for your clarification. 

I take it the book I described is the correct one? I will unlock this
question so that perhaps you would like to change the price
accordingly. I can then lock it again and answer it.
You can then repost another question asking for the first book.

Best regards,
Rainbow

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Clarification of Question by randyinga-ga on 06 Dec 2004 14:50 PST

That description is correct.  We can leave it the way it was and if I
want to ask the other question I will start from scratch.

Hi randyinga,

Thank you for accepting my findings as a complete answer to your question.

The second book you are asking about is called "Rv and the Haunted
Garage" (Zoomers of Motor City) by Mel Gilden, Dick Codor and Carol
Bouman. This book is available for purchase at Amazon.

Product Details 
Paperback: 24 pages 
Publisher: Wanderer Books; (October 1, 1987) 
ISBN: 0671639013 

Editorial Reviews
Card catalog description
The Zoomers investigate the appearance of a ghostly car that has been
haunting the Bumper Brothers' parking garage and ruining their
business.

Source: Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671639013/


Search strategy:
Using the Library of Congress search facility, I tried a variety of
search terms, but the keywords that worked were [cars haunted garage].
http://www.loc.gov/


I hope the information provided is helpful. 

Best wishes,
Rainbow

Thanks for all of the help.  I can't believe Rainbow found it with the
book for me in one day.  I think I have the real test on my current
one.