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Timmy Failure : Mistakes Were Made
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Timmy Failure : Mistakes Were Made Hardcover - 2013

by Pastis, Stephan

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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, comically self-confident CEO of the best detective agency in town, perhaps even the nation.

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Candlewick Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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  • Title Timmy Failure : Mistakes Were Made
  • Author Pastis, Stephan
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First printing
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA
  • Date 2013-02-26
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 4199121-6
  • ISBN 9780763660505 / 0763660507
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.1 x 5.2 x 1.1 in (20.57 x 13.21 x 2.79 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 520
  • Library of Congress subjects Detective and mystery stories, Humorous stories
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012942409
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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From the publisher

Stephan Pastis is the creator of Pearls Before Swine, an acclaimed comic strip that appears in more than six hundred newspapers and boasts a devoted following. His 2011 compilation Larry in Wonderland debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list for paperback graphic novels. Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made is his first book for young readers. He lives in Northern California.

Media reviews

Timmy Failure is a winner!
—Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Timmy Failure is a fabulously fun read and the line drawings are a treat. It's original and quirky, with real heart.
—Philipp Ardagh

Pastis crafts a great story starring an unforgettable protagonist whose unorthodox approach to detective work (and world domination) will have readers in stitches. For Timmy Failure, success is the only option!
—Lincoln Peirce, creator of the Big Nate series

Pastis has assembled an eccentric and funny cast (running gags revolve around Total’s voracious appetite and a librarian who looks like one of the Hells Angels), yet there are also touching interactions to be found...
—Publishers Weekly

…Readers should be simultaneously amused and touched by this quirky antihero.
—Booklist

The Pearls Before Swine cartoonist’s frequent black-and-white illustrations help to cast Timmy’s adventure in an appropriately ironic light. Timmy… has greatness in him. Just like all of us.
—Kirkus Reviews

Pastis ... peppers nearly every page of this comic romp with at least one intentionally amateurish black-and-white illustration, enhancing the laughs along the way as Timmy misses even the most obvious clues in Clouseauesque fashion. Middle grade readers will appreciate all the silly sleuthing and absurd details, and older readers–including parents who come along for the ride–will find a satisfying layer of more sophisticated humor, too.
—School Library Journal

Seldom has failure been so likable—or so funny.
—The Wall Street Journal

Citations

  • Booklist, 12/01/2012, Page 65
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 03/01/2013, Page 349
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2013, Page 89
  • Kirkus Reviews, 01/01/2013, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/03/2012, Page 76
  • School Library Journal, 05/01/2013, Page 122
  • Shelf Awareness, 02/26/2013, Page 0

About the author

Stephan Pastis is the creator of the New York Times bestseller Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made and its three sequels, as well as the acclaimed comic strip Pearls Before Swine. He lives in northern California.

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