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Stephan Pastis
With the trademark twisted humor and outlandish puns that have made Pearls Before Swine one of the funniest comic strips being published today, each page of this daily calendar features…
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From the best-selling author of the Timmy Failure books comes a Busytown-inspired middle grade graphic novel series about a quirky town and the misadventures of its residents.
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The hilarious and ever-optimistic Timmy Failure, and his sidekick polar bear, Total, create chaos as they attempt to make sense of the world.
The hilarious and ever-optimistic Timmy Failure, and his sidekick polar bear, Total, create chaos as they attempt to make sense of the world in the first book in the New…
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The third book in the New York Times bestselling Timmy Failure series is sure to have readers laughing out loud once again at the madcap escapades of Timmy and his…
These strips appeared in newspapers from December 7, 2014 to September 6, 2015 –Colophon.
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Acerbic, biting, and hilarious, Pearls Before Swineentertains with its mocking of human nature depicted by a Rat, a Pig, and a cast of characters
Meet 11-year-old detective Timmy Failure, star of the kids’ comedy of the year. Created by New York Times -bestselling cartoonist Pastis ( Pearls Before Swine ), Timmy is the clueless…
Prepare to get swept up in a tidal wave of hilarity, sarcasm, and atrocious puns courtesy of award-winning Pearls Before Swine cartoonist Stephan Pastis.
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The Pearls Before Swine gang is back in this treasury-sized edition, complete with Stephan Pastis’s insightful and entertaining annotations. True to Pearls Before Swine tradition, the latest cartoon collection brims…
These strips appeared in newspapers from June 3, 2013 to March 2, 2014.
Young sleuth Timmy Failure is back for his seventh adventure in the New York Times -bestselling series from the acclaimed creator of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine. Illustrations.
Stephan and the Pearls gang are back with a whole album’s-worth of jokes, jabs, and cringe-worthy puns.
Just when you thought things could not get any wackier in Trubble Town, the adult residents are abducted by aliens, leaving the town in the hands of all the kids…
In the series finale, Timmy Failure and his class create a hilarious film about his life, just in time for the holidays. –Provided by publisher.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR!
In the newest Pearls Before Swine treasury, the Hollywood dreams of cartoonist Stephan Pastis meet with disastrous and hilarious results.
Upset that her neighborhood is being torn down and replaced by fancy condos and coffee shops, Saint, along with her new friend Daniel, hatches a plan to save what is…
Timmy finds himself in Key West, which is a hotbed of criminals.
A ‘Pearls before swine’ collection –Cover.
The first two hilarious tales in the New York Times -bestselling Timmy Failure series are now brought together in one volume for a deceptively sweet and outrageously funny read. Illustrations.
Wendy the Wanderer’s over-protective father never lets her go anywhere alone, so when he hires a babysitter, Wendy decides to venture out into Trubble Town alone where she meets Squirrelly…
Join award-winning cartoonist Stephan Pastis in his comical, careening journey to enlightenment, featuring 18 months of daily comic strips from 2020-2021 along with an introduction, reflections, and strip-by-strip commentary by…
Accompanied by his sidekick polar bear and criminal mastermind Molly Moskins, Timmy takes his investigation into stolen charity funds on the road when his mother forces him to help her…
Timmy Failure is banished from practicing his detective skills in the wake of a missing tooth, a teachers’ strike, and his mother’s romance with a doorman, situations further complicated by…
The prequel to the New York Times best-selling series that’s soon to be a movie on Disney+!
Collection of previously published comic strips.
A collection of comic strips mocks the foibles of human nature with the antics of egotistical Rat, clueless Pig, intellectual Goat, and letter-writing optimist Zebra.
The fourth book in the New York Times bestselling series sees Timmy Failure take to the road - with the usual hilarious consequences!
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Timmy Failure, founder, president, and CEO of the greatest detective agency in town, perhaps the nation, is about to crack the biggest case of his generation: a school competition to…
Meet Timmy Failure, founder of the ‘best’ detective agency in town - Total Failure, Inc. Timmy may only be 11, but with the help of his polar bear, Total, he…
Timmy’s detective agency is really taking off, but there is one little problem. He has been put on academic probation at school. He has to get a great grade on…
Timmy Failure returns once more in the fifth book in the New York Times bestselling series.
Move over! Pearls Before Swine is back and badder than ever in the new treasury collection Pearls Hogs the Road.
Includes excerpt from ‘Now look what you’ve done’.
Includes an excerpt from Timmy Failure: we meet again.
I, Timmy Failure, am a detective. I am so famous that there have been seven books written about my life. And now there’s a movie. But the public’s appetite for…
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