Matthew Diffee has been contributing cartoons to The New Yorker since 1999. His work has also appeared in Time, The Huffington Post, The Believer, and Texas Monthly. He is the editor of three volumes of The Rejection Collection: Cartoons You Never Saw and Never Will See in The New Yorker, and has also worked as a freelance illustrator. Diffee is a recipient of the Silver Reuben Award for gag cartooning and was recently named Chairman of the Los Angeles Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society. He grew up in Texas and now lives in Los Angeles.
A Special Story Time with Matt Diffee
June 23 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
$10.00 – $18.00
What does the dog say? Zip zap wickety wack! We look forward to hosting award-winning cartoonist and The New Yorker contributor, Matt Diffee, for a special, silly story time to debut his new children’s book. Stemming from classic animal sound books, and already slated as best for the category under WSJ and NYT reviews, this laugh-out-loud, soon-to-be classic puts a new spin on the old “cow says moo”. Bring the littles (all ages welcome) for an unexpected and delightfully absurd, but widely appealing program.
Children’s Admission to this Program is Free! Please indicate the number of children that are in your group during ticket purchase.
If you are unable to attend the event, but would like to purchase one or more copies, please visit Buxton Books here.
About the Book
New Yorker cartoonist Matthew Diffee makes his children’s book debut with this laugh-out-loud twist on the classic animal sound book. The cow says “moo.” The horse says “neigh.” Everyone can agree on these. But when the sheep says “baa,” the goat cuts in. The goat also says “baa.” Now what? No one wants to share their sound! The sheep has an idea—he’ll just say something no one’s ever said before: “zip zap wickety wack bing bang walla balla flip flap yackety yack.” But an otherworldly visitor shows up to lay claim to this sound, too—and the alien doesn’t want to share his identity either. When the alien proposes a radical new way forward, the sheep and the goat find a compromise—and it may sound familiar to adult readers . . . Matthew Diffee’s hilarious wit will be an immediate hit with young readers in his first picture book. Sure to inspire boisterous read-alouds and threaded with a sneaky message about sharing, Zip Zap Wickety Wack will inspire new nonsense and new values in homes, classrooms, and farmyards around the world.
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