In this work, Max Dalton takes the conceit of contrary ideas a step further than most. With a limited palette of rust, teal and black, and a cast of characters that ranges from acrobats to knights to sumo wrestlers, Mr Dalton's sharp-edged illustrations dramatize scenes that are simply too-too.

 

There are 1 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by David R. Godine Publisher Inc .

Peter Ackerman has made two books with Max Dalton. Their first book, The Lonely Phone Booth, was selected for the Smithsonian's 2010 Notable Books for Children and adapted and produced as a musical at the Manhattan Children's Theater. Peter co-wrote the movies Ice Age and Ice Age 3. Currently he is a writer on the TV show The Americans, and his web-series The Go Getters can be seen on www. thegogetters. net. Max Dalton lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and has been drawing since he was two or three years old. Max has too many interests to list here from writing to painting to playing music and reading about animals but his all-time favorite is drawing. He is the illustrator of The Lonely Phone Booth, The Lonely Typewriter, and Extreme Opposites.