Synopses & Reviews
Troublesome animals that are just too cute are taking over the real world and their natural habitat! Just Too Cute! presents a mix of playful stories and poems based on adorable yet troublesome animals. Mike Reiss creates an amusing world: a baby seal flops into Tiffanys mistaking the diamonds for ice and walks out with them; danger-prone dodo birds; a polar bear who swallows up a circus, or two, or three. The moral of the storyall of the characters are just too cute” to the point of no longer being cute.”
Review
Publisher's Weekly, August 30, 2010
"Reiss (The Boy Who Wouldn’t Share) delivers a witty collection of poems and stories that emphasize mischief… The humor is often sophisticated but nonetheless child-friendly…
In cheerful cartoons that recall 1950s animation, newcomer Yanok keeps up with the madcap plots while adding whimsical details of his own."
Synopsis
This collection presents a mix of playful stories and poems based on adorable yet troublesome animals, written by a four-time Emmy-winning writer for "The Simpsons." Illustrations.
About the Author
Mike Reiss, primarily a film and TV writer, is best known as a former head writer for the popular animated sitcom,
The Simpsons. He spent nineteen years on the show and won four Emmy awards. He is also an author of nine other childrens books, some of which include,
Santa Claustrophobia,
The Boy Who Looked Like Lincoln, and
How Murray Saved Christmas. Mike lives in New York City with his wife.
Johnny Yanoks main interests include Halloween, Disney World, and anything mid-century modern. He has won two Spectrum Awards for the best in contemporary art. He is the Art Director of Johnny Yanok Graphic Design Illustration and has been a graphic designer for American Greetings for more than eleven years. Johnny lives in Akron, Ohio.