

Booklist The Pearls Before Swine cartoonist's frequent black-and-white illustrations help to cast Timmy's adventure in an appropriately ironic light. Publishers Weekly …Readers should be simultaneously amused and touched by this quirky antihero. For Timmy Failure, success is the only option! -Lincoln Peirce, creator of the Big Nate series, Timmy Failure is a winner! -Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid 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 Pastis crafts a great story starring an unforgettable protagonist whose unorthodox approach to detective work (and world domination) will have readers in stitches. Booklist 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, particularly between Timmy and his mother.

Timmy Failure is a winner! -Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid …readers should be simultaneously amused and touched by this quirky antihero.
