The first is a children's book about an anxious lop named Chuck.The tagline of the book is from his fellow lops, who, when he got upset, would say, "Take it easy, Chuck, let your ears hang down," which has become family slang, but the book itself has disappeared. I have no idea what it is called, but would like to get my dad a copy for his birthday.

The other is truly silly. It's a sci-fi book that was part of a series, although I only read the first one. A teenage girl accidentally time-travels. She's friends with a professor, and it's through his experiments, I believe, that she is sent back, and there's almost certainly a love interest.

I remember there being a line like: "I'm just a normal teenager who loves Bon Jovi!" I'm sure it's an atrocious read, but it ended on some kind of cliffhanger, and I would love to go back and satisfy my curiosity.

Chuck