# who is this children's book author?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 7, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-childrens-book-author/363507 "2006-07-07T15:20:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-childrens-book-author/363507/1 "2006-07-07T15:20:09Z")

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I believe I heard him interviewed on Michael Feldman’s Whaddya Know? It was on the radio, so it _must_ have been some show on NPR if it wasn’t Feldman. So, the guy writes what I remember as very clever satire with puns galore about a school with 13 classrooms where, instead of being built side by side, for some reason the builders built them vertically. My google-fu is weak, and I can not find the name. Your assitance in this matter is appreciated!

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**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-childrens-book-author/363507/2 "2006-07-07T15:28:08Z")

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Are you thinking of Louis Sachar and the Sideways stories from Wayside books?

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**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-childrens-book-author/363507/3 "2006-07-07T15:36:46Z")

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Louis Sachar is it! Now if i can just remember this thread…

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