Baron von Baddie and the Ice Ray Incident by George McClements

'Young audiences and independent readers will glory in the sly humor and punny text,' remarked a Kirkus Reviews critic, while a Publishers Weekly contributor concluded of The Last Badge that Samuel's preference of 'anonymity and the environment over stardom offers a welcome antidote to celebrity culture.' However, after realizing that his discovery of the Moon Frog would likely threaten the creatures' existence, Samuel decides to keep his find private and forgo the prestige of the Moon Frog Badge. Earning nearly every Grizzly Scout badge in existence, Samuel and his father set out to find the reclusive Moon Frog in hopes of being the first to win the badge for locating this reptile. McClements gently chides pushy parents and the organizations in which they enroll their children in The Last Badge. A Publishers Weekly critic also concluded that Jake Gander, Storyville Detective offers a good spin on the genre, writing that 'McClements mimes the punchy first-person style of detective fiction' and offers 'mild levity in tile collage illustrations.' While suggesting the work would be more appropriate for sophisticated readers, Louie Lahana nonetheless predicted in a School Library Journal review that 'children will take pleasure in revisiting each illustration and deciphering the cleverly constructed meanings.' 'McClements's hilarious first picture book … earns a distinctive place on the shelf of noir fiction lite,' claimed New York Times Book Review writer J. Wolf-otherwise known as Big Bad Wolf-has attempted to pose as Granny in hopes of deceiving the little girl. Piece by piece, the detective accumulates evidence against the imposter, building a case to prove that Harry A. During his investigation, Detective Gander examines Granny's eyes, teeth, and ears, trying to determine the true identity of the furry creature. Hood enlists the help of Detective Jake Gander to determine the true identity of the individual posing as her beloved grandmother.

In Jake Gander, Storyville Detective: The Case of the Greedy Granny he combines the traditional tale of Little Red Riding Hood with elements of hard-boiled detective fiction.

In 2002, George McClements published his first self-illustrated book for children. Terry Webb Harshman, Does a Sea Cow Say Moo?, Bloomsbury (New York, NY), 2008. (With DiCicco Digital Arts) Sue Kassirer, Where Are the Bugs?, Mouse Works (Burbank, CA), 1998. (With Caroline Egan and Edie Moses) Victoria Saxon, A Bug's Life: Dot's Great Big World, Golden Books (New York, NY), 1998. Night of the Veggie Monster, Bloomsbury (New York, NY), 2008.īaron Von Baddie and the Ice Ray Incident, Harcourt ( San Diego, CA), 2008.ĭinosaur Woods, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 2009. Ridin' Dinos with Buck Bronco, Harcourt ( San Diego, CA), 2007. The Last Badge, Hyperion ( New York, NY), 2005. Jake Gander, Storyville Detective: The Case of the Greedy Granny, Hyperion ( New York, NY), 2002.

Baron von Baddie and the Ice Ray Incident by George McClements