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Jeff Mack

★ "Eye-opening and oh so much fun."—Kirkus, starred reviewIn this inspiring picture book, two friends explore the endless possibilities for what a museum can be, from a grand institution full of treasures to a tiny collection of one's own.Museums come in all shapes and sizes.Some are grand spaces filled with fine art and ancient treasures, while others are tiny, quirky, or wonderfully strange. Together, a young girl and her...

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★"An uproarious tale youngsters will eagerly return to."—Kirkus, starred review★ "Mack’s simple, recombinatory narration yields comedic results in this raucous work."—Publishers Weekly, starred reviewIn this hilarious picture book readers will meet a bear, a hare, and some hair.A fuzzy brown bear and a fluffy pink hare disagree.About hair.Neither wants to go bare!Will they b...

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A Chicago Public Library Best BookA School Library Journal Best Book★ "Inspiring" – Kirkus, starred review★ "Delightful!" – School Library Journal, starred review★ "Thoughtful" – Horn Book Magazine, **starred reviewDoes art have to be perfect? Where do you begin? This inspiring picture book about making art doubles as an introduction to the multifaceted and diverse global hist...

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Clueless McGee

Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets Timmy Failure!Clueless McGee is just your average fifth-grader: snarky, awkward, and a magnet for trouble. The only difference: he's also an amateur detective. Determined to make his absent father proud, he uses the skills he's learned playing video games to solve mysteries. Only he's no Sherlock Holmes. Or Encyclopedia Brown. Or even Scooby-Doo. When the school bully is framed for filling the orchestra teacher's tuba wit...

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**A 2025 Texas Topaz Non-Fiction PickAn engaging, kid-friendly introduction to artist Marcel Duchamp and how he turned a toilet into a famous work of art.**This is the story of Marcel Duchamp and how the Dada art movement changed the way people thought about what art could be, and what could be art. From drawing a moustache on the Mona Lisa to attaching a bicycle wheel to a stool, Duchamp's work challenged long-held notions of art and how it should be made. People were amus...

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A charming picture book about friendship and looking for the bright side: "This offering is, to borrow the rabbit's two words, good news." — The Horn Book MagazineGood news: Rabbit and Mouse are going on a picnic. Bad news: It is starting to rain. Good news: Rabbit has an umbrella. Bad news: The stormy winds blow the umbrella (and Mouse!) into a tree.So begins this clever story about two friends with very different dispositions. Using just four wor...

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Jeff Mack

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Clueless McGee

For fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Timmy Failure!What do you mean they don't give trophies for playing video games? It’s only fair, isn’t it? Clueless McGee has mastered his Ninja Warz video game and he’d like a trophy. It seems like a lot of extra work to have to win the science fair to get one. . . . Yet that trophy is REALLY nice. And Clueless does have an idea for a magnetic pickle that seems like an obvious winner. So okay, he’s in. Until someone steals the ...

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Jeff Mack

Six slurpy stories, two comical combatants, and one laugh-out-loud picture bookFrog and Fly are constant companions. There is only one problem . . . Frog thinks Fly is delicious! This leads to a never-ending battle of wits with laugh-out- loud consequences. Told in six short comic stripstyle chapters, Frog and Fly will delight kids and leave them begging for yet another slurpy story.

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This is the story of Andy Warhol—and how his pop art took the world by storm. From drawing shoes for a shoe company to his Campbell's Soup cans and Marilyn Monroe prints, Andy made art out of the everyday. People claimed Andy's art wasn't real art, but that didn't stop him from making it, plus movies, a magazine, a TV show, and more!With Art Is Everywhere, Jeff Mack explores Warhol's fascination (and our own) with celebrity and fame, and opens readers' minds to the possibi...

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Clueless McGee

For every fan of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Big Nate, or Timmy Failure--a laugh-out-loud book with a fun mystery to solve!Clueless McGee is confident he is on his way to becoming a famous crime solver. Surely you want his autograph . . . no? Speaking of autographs, when Clueless learns that the messy scribble on the cowboy hat sent by his father is actually the autograph of famous teen idol Junior McFiddle, everyone in school suddenly wants to be Clueless' friend. And t...

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Jeff Mack

This inventive tale of two mice fighting over a rock is "conceptually rich and a whole lot of fun" ( School Library Journal).Start with one rock. Add two mice. The end result? A never-ending battle! Or is it?Using only one word, along with many brightly colored and lively illustrations, Jeff Mack, acclaimed author of Good News, Bad News, brings his hallmark humor to this rollicking book that will have readers of every age reconsidering whe...

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This funny picture book ode to the struggles of bedtime is perfect for fans of Mo Willems's Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!Bedtime can be a challenge for the best of us. But when you're a fun-loving, overactive pet gorilla, bedtime is downright hard. Who would want to go to sleep when Playtime is so much more fun? But the gorilla's responsible friend thinks enough is enough; no more fun and games. It's not Playtime--It's Bedtime! So the boy tur...