The Odd Squad: King Karl - Couverture souple

Praise for BULLY BAIT: "Bully Bait is a raucous tale about surviving bullying, finding allies, and learning to accept oneself as a work in progress. If laughter is the best medicine, Bully Bait provides a welcome dose for youngsters dealing with the emotional stress of finding a safe niche in the calamitous world of middle school."―The New York Journal of Books

A Junior Library Guild Selection A Children's Book of the Month Club selection An Indie Next pick―-- BULLY BAIT citations

"The oddball humor is the book's biggest appeal, with plenty of age-appropriate jokes that dabble in both witticisms and more scatological content. Fry (author of the Over the Hedge comic strip) provides grayscale spot illustrations throughout that are essential to the story, often delivering a joke's final punchline or a zingy one-liner."―The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Praise for ZERO TOLERANCE:
"Fry hits his stride in this second hilarious exploration of the hazards and histrionics of middle school, as seen through the eyes of Nick, the shortest seventh-grader ever.Amid the laugh-out-loud humor and abundant cartoon-style illustrations is an important message: While all kids may want to be normal, it's OK to be oneself."―Kirkus Reviews

"Funny and sweet with a steely centre." ―Neil Gaiman, New York Times best-selling author of Coraline and the Newbery Award-winning The Graveyard Book

Michael Fry is the co-creator and writer of several comic strips, including Over the Hedge, which is featured in newspapers nationwide and was adapted into the hit animated movie of the same name. In addition to his work as a cartoonist, Michael is the founder of RingTales, a company that animates print comics for all digital media, and is an active blogger, tweeter, and public speaker, as well as the proud father to two adult daughters. Originally from Minneapolis, Michael currently lives with his wife in Austin, Texas.