Books like Homer Price

I read this in the car today on the way back from a family reunion and I didn't have to drive. This is about Centerburg and Homer Price who makes his residence there. The town is rather funny and Homer is dependable and a fix-it kind of guy. He has a pet skunk he has tamed that became famous when it helped him catch some robbers. There is a fancy donut machine somewhat like Krispy Kreme donuts assembly line and it puts out too many donuts, but luckily, Homer has the idea to sell them all. There is the mysterious Pied Piper character that shows up to get rid of the mice in town and Homer figures out how to take care of that. There is a chapter about a superhero coming to town with a movie and it turns out he needs a little help Homer can give him. One of the quirkiest ones is 3 townspeople in a love triangle hold a contest at the local fairgrounds to see who has the biggest ball of string or yarn. I think it's my favorite as it's simply so interesting and Homer probably has the least to do in it. The last chapter is a weird town building episode. It was not my favorite one. I'm not sure how to really summarize it. The pictures are cute. My niece and nephew saw me reading it in the van and they wanted to know what it was about as the pictures in it looked funny and cute. My nephew thought 150 pages was really long. These are cute stories about Homer and Robert McCloskey paints middle American in the 40s so well. They are funny and I think the younger kids would really enjoy them and others too. I think I have one more story and then I am done with Robert McCloskey's catalog. It was been wonderful to read all these stories.