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I was super excited to attend a book reading to get this book signed. It was so worth it, since after an auditorium full of children and I listened to a nice story, Mr. Smith even drew a happy little drawing just for me. He often illustrates books written by other authors (probably most notably The True Story of the Three Little Pigs with Jon Scieszka) but this book is one of several that he also wrote. When my high school self discovered this book around 1997 (it was first published in 1993) something about the vintage style illustrations, the craft paper look of the paper, and that hard-to-explain dry, weird, McSweeney’s-like humor all made perfect sense in a life-altering way. So ahead of its time.

I should buy this book in bulk since I tend to give it away as a gift so often. You can buy it here.

© Julia Rothman 2007