Stephan Pastis is a lawyer-turned-cartoonist, the creator of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine, and the author of the Timmy Failure chapter book series for middle school kids. Timmy Failure follows the exploits of the young "defective" detective and his polar bear friend, Total, as they solve crimes in their neighborhood. Watch the interview to learn more about him and read a short biography about his life. Includes an interview transcript and a selected list of his books.

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children's literature

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Additional Tags

reading rockets, stephan pastis, timmy failure, elementary authors p - r

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional