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Timmy Failure: Now Look What Mistakes Were Made Paperback – Illustrated, September 26, 2017

by Stephan Pastis (Author, Illustrator)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 49 ratings
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The first two hilarious tales in the New York Times best-selling Timmy Failure series — together in one volume!

Meet Timmy Failure, the clueless, comically overconfident detective. Add his impressively lazy business partner, a very large polar bear named Total, and what do you get? Total Failure, Inc. — the best detective agency in town, perhaps even the nation. Perfectly paced and full of visual humor, this bind-up of Timmy’s first two adventures combines hilarity and heart for a deceptively sweet and outrageously funny read.
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    8 - 12 years
  2. Print length
    592 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    3 - 7
  5. Lexile measure
    470L
  6. Dimensions
    5.19 x 1.25 x 7.94 inches
  7. Publisher
    Candlewick
  8. Publication date
    September 26, 2017
  9. ISBN-10
    0763697605
  10. ISBN-13
    978-0763697600
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Candlewick; Illustrated edition (September 26, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 592 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0763697605
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0763697600
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 - 12 years
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 470L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.33 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.19 x 1.25 x 7.94 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 49 ratings

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Stephan Pastis took an unusual route to becoming a number-one best-selling comics creator: he went to law school. It's not that he didn't want to become a cartoonist - as a child growing up in the Los Angeles suburb of San Marino, he spent many happy hours off by himself drawing. He was routinely called on to create cartoons for his school newspapers. But by the time he graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in political science, Pastis - a completely self-taught artist - felt it unlikely that his cartoons would ever be syndicated.

So he found himself sitting in class at UCLA Law School, hopelessly bored, sketching the character Rat (who would later become a mainstay of all his future comic strips). Creative inspiration followed him through graduation in 1993 to his first law firm job in San Francisco, where by 1996 he finally started submitting his comics to syndicates. Persisting through an initial spate of rejections, Stephan Pastis created his signature strip Pearls Before Swine, chronicling his worldview through the misadventures of arrogant Rat, dumb-but-sweet Pig, philosophical Goat, along with a brood of other anthropomorphized animals and many, many puns. The strip was eventually syndicated in 1999 and can now be read in over 800 newspapers, dozens of book collections, and on GoComics.com. Several of the collections have appeared on The New York Times Best Sellers list.

In 2013, inspired to break out of the box of a daily comic strip, Pastis took on the new challenge of becoming a children's author, penning the first book in a projected middle grade series called Timmy Failure, about an inept kid detective and his sidekick polar bear. Fail it did not; receiving stellar reviews and becoming an instant New York Times and National Indie bestseller. Now published in nearly 40 languages worldwide, Pastis' defective detective has become a breakout children's book character.

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4.7 out of 5 stars
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Series!
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2017
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My son is a huge fan of Pastis. He spends his money to buy his books....and he reads and re-reads all of them. These books are hilarious. I've read them myself and find myself laughing out loud. I highly recommend the entire series!
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Lisa
5.0 out of 5 stars Give the gift of reading...Buy them a book that they will enjoy!!!
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2020
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A gift for my grandson! He loved it!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
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Good new book! My son enjoyed it!
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Harrison
1.0 out of 5 stars Only if it is your first purchase of the series
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2018
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It is just the first 2 books in one
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Frank
5.0 out of 5 stars Kids love it. Keep them busy.
Reviewed in Canada on February 1, 2019
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Kids love it. Great read
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Nathan
5.0 out of 5 stars Good collection for 10 years old
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 23, 2020
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Addresses a child's mental health in a normal and accepting way, my10 year old loved it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Received as expected
Reviewed in Canada on December 13, 2018
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Received as expected in perfect condition
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very quick delivery. My son just recently started reading ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 9, 2016
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Very quick delivery. My son just recently started reading Timmy Failure and is loving it. Can't wait to give these to him on Christmas
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on August 16, 2017
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My children love these books! I only wish they came in color.
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