…you gotta plug them all. This'll be the last one for a while but in this case, it's a wholehearted plug. My pal Michael "Mickey" Paraskevas draws as well as anyone I know — and I know a lot of terrific artists. Every year or three, he paints the hell out of a new book for kids and a sweet story turns into something very special for children of all ages.
Tomorrow is the release date for Taffy Saltwater's Yummy Summer Day, which he did last year while visiting Los Angeles, which he does largely to hang out with me at Farmers Market and eat hot turkey sandwiches. It's really, really good. If you need to buy a gift for a youngster, trust me: They'll love this story. That is, if you can bring yourself to actually give them the damned thing and stop looking at the neat illustrations yourself. Better order two copies. And if you don't trust me, check out the preview on Amazon and trust your own eyes.