A picture book biography that's like Ocean's Eleven for third graders - only it's a true story! In the early 1900s, Robert Miller, a k a "Count Victor Lustig," moved to Paris hoping to be an artist. A con artist, that is. He used his ingenious scams on unsuspecting marks all over the world, from the Czech Republic, to Atlantic ocean liners, and across America. Tricky Vic pulled off his most daring con in 1925, when he managed to "sell" the Eiffel Tower to one of the city's most successful scrap metal dealers! Six weeks later, he tried to sell the Eiffel Tower all over again. Vic was never caught. For that particular scam, anyway...

 

This book was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Georgia Children's Book Award.

There are 42 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2015 by Penguin Putnam Inc .

Mac Barnett is a New York Times bestselling and award winning author of more than 24 books for children. He lives in California. Greg Pizzoli is an author, illustrator, screen printer, and the recipient of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, where he teaches at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia. See more of his work at http: //gregpizzoli. com/.