Chicken Cheeks

Some bears will go to any length to get some honey. This one recruits every animal that comes along to form, well, a stack. The result? Tail of the duck to the gluteus maximus of the duck-billed platypus (with many other rears in between). Readers will giggle with delight at the bird's eye view of some hysterical animal bottoms. Follow this back-sided journey up the tree - where the real surprise awaits. The pairing of Black's minimal text with Hawkes's visual story line will keep you chuckling from the bottom up.

Michael Ian Black is a writer, comedian, and actor who currently appears on?Another Period,?The Jim Gaffigan Show, and?Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp. He created and starred in many television series, including?Michael and Michael Have Issues,?Stella, and?The State. He wrote the screenplay for the film?Run, Fatboy, Run?and wrote and directed the film?Wedding Daze. Michael regularly tours the country as a stand-up comedian and is the bestselling author of the book?My Custom Van (and 50 Other Mind-Blowing Essays That Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face), the memoir?You’re Not Doing It Right, and the children’s books?Chicken Cheeks,?The Purple Kangaroo,?A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea,?I’m Bored,?Naked!, and?Cock-a-Doodle-Doo-Bop. Michael lives in Connecticut with his wife and two children.

Kevin Hawkes has illustrated more than forty books for children, included the New York Times bestseller The Library Lion, Weslandia, Michael Ian Black’s A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea, and Santa in Cincinatti. He lives in Southern Maine, where he can be found wandering aimlessly in his garden, unless forced indoors, where he creates imaginary landscapes with cobalt blue skies.