Parfait, Not Parfait!
By (Author) Scott Rothman
Illustrated by Avery Monsen
Roaring Brook Press
Roaring Brook Press
10th January 2023
United States
Children
Fiction
Early years: letters and words
Picture storybooks
813.6
40
Width 215mm, Height 13mm, Spine 265mm
This must-read book is an innovative and deceptively simple journey of words that rhyme (or don't) with "parfait." Each page turn brings on the laughs as the clever story bounces from an uneaten parfait to seemingly random characters, including a duck, a toupe-wearing Shar-pei, horses playing "Pin-the-Tail-on-the-Donkay", and even. . . Abraham Lincoln. Throughout, bestselling artist Avery Monsen (All My Friends Are Dead) packs fun seek-and-finds, giving readers a chance to spot everything that rhymes with "parfait." Irreverent and wholly original, Parfait, Not Parfait is a book full of irresistible layers, each one more satisfying than the last.
"The creators' comic timing is worthy of a chef's kiss, with digitally enhanced acrylic paintings that embrace the tomfoolery without overplaying it, and which offer additional "ay"-sounding visual jokes for close readers." --Publishers Weekly
"A fun, free-wheeling word partay." --Kirkus
Scott Rothman received an MFA in dramatic writing from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. His humor writing has appeared in various publications, including the New Yorker, GQ, Maxim, and McSweeney's. He is the author of Attack of the Underwear Dragon and Mako & Tiger. scottrothmanwriter.com Avery Monsen is an actor and writer living in Los Angeles. He is the co-writer and illustrator of All My Friends Are Dead and the creator of I Am the Longest Dog. He has appeared on 30 Rock, High Maintenance, Maron, and in numerous commercials. averymonsen.com