James Proimos, Author . Scholastic $14.95 (87p) ISBN 978-0-439-41681-8
Proimos uses a format similar to his Johnny Mutton, He's So Him
(the trim size of a beginning reader but with themes more appropriate to slightly older readers) and proposes that a timid greenhorn can triumph in middle school, in this case by...
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James Proimos. Scholastic Press, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-545-41846-1
Good news for those with Minion fatigue: Proimos (Year of the Jungle) has come up with three penguins who are right up there in the not-very-bright but goofy-cute department: these polar birds have enormous yellow eyes, operatic temperaments (their...
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James Proimos. Roaring Brook, $14.99 (128p) ISBN 978-1-59643-595-7
Time and again, picture-book creator Proimos has demonstrated a rock-solid sense of humor and outside-the-box thinking. His first book for teens is no different, opening a promising new chapter in his career. Sixteen-year-old James Martino,...
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James Proimos, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $16 (42p) ISBN 978-0-15-216772-1
In the plucky sheep's third comic-strip-style outing, Mutton Soup: More Adventures of Johnny Mutton by James Proimos, Johnny tries to learn some table manners, attempts a world record in sitting and overcomes a personal paranoia (""Old people are
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James Proimos, Author Harcourt Children's Books $16 (48p) ISBN 978-0-15-216760-8
Dressed in boy's clothing, the eponymous sheep makes an encore performance in Johnny Mutton, He's So Him! by James Proimos, the sequel to The Many Adventures of Johnny Mutton. Bright comic strip-cells and speech bubbles convey Johnny's victory in
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James Proimos, Author Scholastic $16.95 (80p) ISBN 978-0-439-20864-2
With poems like ""My Feet Stink. Does Your Nose Smell?"" and ""Ode to Spaghetti"" James Proimos captures the kid's perspective in If I Were in Charge the Rules Would Be Different! Proimos's humorous b&w drawings (such as one of a boy bowing to a...
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James Proimos, Author . Little, Brown $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-316-03292-6
Parents are more likely to appreciate Proimos's (Patricia Von Pleasantsquirrel
) blend of irony and parody than his target audience; the book's wry tone is similar to that of a documentary about a historical hero. How does an ordinary boy (
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James Proimos, Author . Harcourt $5.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-15-216778-3
In what PW
called "the plucky sheep's third comic strip–style outing," Johnny tries to learn some table manners, attempts a world record in sitting and overcomes a personal paranoia. Ages 6-10. (Mar.)
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James Proimos, Author . Harcourt $5.95 (42p) ISBN 978-0-15-216766-0
In this encore performance to The Many Adventures of Johnny Mutton
, bright comic strip panels and speech bubbles convey Johnny's victory in a cooking contest; his role as host at a party; and his ability to woo local grocery store patrons by...
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James Proimos. Holt, $12.99 (80p) ISBN 978-0-8050-9155-7
Knuckle, a pink tiger, and his good friend, Potty, a green bear, have grown tired of being cute and adorable in this fun, goofy children’s book. It’s actually a book within a book—Knuckle and Potty are characters in other (madeup) children’s books...
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James Proimos, illus. by Johanna Wright. Dial, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-3850-8
Bonnie O’Boy is so excited about her new pink polka-dotted bike that she hops on without asking how to use the brakes. As a result, she goes “all willy-nilly. In fact, she had willy-nillied herself right down the hill.” From there, it’s a long,...
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James Proimos, Author, James Proimos, Illustrator . HarperCollins/Tegen $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-170985-2
Convincing kids to turn off the TV isn't easy, but with droll humor as his spoonful of sugar, Proimos (Paulie Pastrami Achieves World Peace
) might win them over. Like Jonathan Swift, Proimos carries the book's absurd plot to the extreme:...
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James Proimos, Author, James Proimos, Illustrator Harcourt Children's Books $13 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-201831-3
In this eccentric tale, a grandfather changes his wish for youth in order to appease his grandson. Joe's eyes ""saw Babe Ruth play,"" his face has ""over a million wrinkles,"" and he exclaims ""Oy!"" when he bends over. Not surprisingly, Joe wishes...
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James Proimos, Author, James Proimos, Illustrator Harcourt Children's Books $14 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-202087-3
In this refreshing, rambunctious book, stentorian Sam goes to visit his aunt, exchanging his doting parents' home for ""the big city,"" a world of libraries, restaurants and the (comparatively) repressed Aunt Tillie. His permissive parents never...
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James Proimos, Author, James Proimos, Illustrator . Harcourt $16 (48p) ISBN 978-0-15-202413-0
A quintet of brief tales, scrawled comic-book panels and jokey narration introduce Johnny Mutton, a young sheep raised as a regular boy. Johnny is discovered on the doorstep by Momma Mutton, an effusively affectionate Olive Oyl lookalike: "Momma
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James Proimos. Holt/Ottaviano, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8050-9156-4
Right from the get-go it’s clear that Mac—a geeky, glasses-wearing noodle—and Cheese, a squat hunk of cheese with a snaggletooth, are meant to share the same camaraderie as Frog and Toad and George and Martha, the friends created, respectively, by...
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James Proimos III, illus. by James Proimos Jr. Bloomsbury, $13.99 (224p) ISBN 978-1-61963-442-8
In this uninhibitedly wacky collaboration by Year in the Jungle illustrator Proimos and his son, two dogs find that their owners have disappeared in a kind of Rapture moment along with all the other humans on Earth: “Clotheslines were ablaze. Humans
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Tom Amico, Author, James Proimos, Author, Andy Snair, Illustrator Dial Books $12.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-3091-5
In this modern-day tale, a raisin and a grape illustrate how grandparents can play dual roles: as caregiver and trusted friend. Primarily narrated by the young grape-with brief interjections made by Grandpa, the story is rich in ""kid-speak"" (""Bein
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Tom Amico, Author, James Proimos, Author, James Proimos, Illustrator , illus. by Proimos. Bloomsbury $16.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-58234-877-3
Amico (billed as the AFLAC duck's co-creator) and Proimos, author of the Johnny Mutton series, get some easy laughs at Dad's (and the dog's) expense. "One day my dad had to go out of town," says the boy narrator. "I was just...
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