He also provided the original concept and illustrations for the hit film James and the Giant Peach. Science Verse Seen Art Cowboy and Octopus Walt Disneys Alice in Wonderland. Lane Smith, an acclaimed author/illustrator, has achieved major success in his collaborations with Jon Scieszka. A hilarious retelling of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka. Meet Cowboy and Octopus-the next great pair to become a household name. He lives in Brooklyn and spends his time writing and talking about books. Jon Scieszka began to train as a doctor but left to take a course in fiction writing at Columbia University and to become a teacher. The rest (as they say) is history.Ī hilariously inventive retelling of the popular story which Publishers Weekly called the ‘Funniest book of the year’. Our Cowboy Caviar Recipe Despite its name, this recipe for cowboy caviar is definitely vegetarian. His tale starts with a birthday cake for his dear old granny, a bad head cold and a bad reputation. You may think you know the story of the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf – but only one person knows the real story. Just deciding you want to be friends is all it really takes.A hilarious retelling of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka. This book’s humor is quirky and offbeat and will likely be appreciated differently by parents and kids, but the book’s unlikely friendship is equally enjoyable for all ages.Īnd what did we learn? What I take away from this book is that you don’t have to connect on every level to be someone’s friend. Their books have shown, time and time again, that humor doesn’t have to be dumbed down for kids. The author & illustrator team of Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith have collaborated on such well-known books as The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Fairy Tales, Squids will be Squids and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.

I love the tremendous originality and creativity on display here.

etina (cs) Deutsch (de) English (en) Español. In the book’s artwork, the two characters are only ever shown in their original poses and are positioned against backgrounds of colored paper, collages, toys, newsprint, photographs and even fabrics. Cowboy and Octopus by Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith, September 6, 2007, Viking Juvenile edition, Hardcover in English.

From these clues, it’s easy to imagine that a child has taken the two cutout figures and crafted these stories from them. A pair of childrens’ safety scissors is sitting beside a comic book page, with an octopus clearly cut out, and a Western Heroes paper doll book, with a cowboy clearly cut out.

oddball picture book from Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith is a series of laconic. The real key to this book can be found on its title page. See an archive of all cowboy and octopus stories published on Vulture.

Cowboy & Octopus by Jon Scieszka