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Meet the author!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Free and open to the public. Doors open at 2:30 pm.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Inprint invites you to enjoy an afternoon with bestselling author and syndicated cartoonist Stephan Pastis. Mr. Pastis will share his fourth book in the popular Timmy Failure<\/em> series, Timmy Failure: Sanitized For Your Protection<\/em>, for ages 8 -12. After his presentation, he will take questions from the audience, followed by a book sale and signing*, giving fans a chance to visit with him. Books will be available for sale at the event through Blue Willow Bookshop.<\/p>\n

Pastis\u2019 first book in the series, Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, <\/em>was published in 2013 and debuted at #4 on The New York Times <\/em>Middle Grade Best Seller list. The book spent more than 25 weeks on the list and was also #1 on the American Booksellers Association Indie Next List. \u00a0Following the adventures (or misadventures) of an inept kid detective and his polar bear sidekick, The Sunday Times of London<\/em> says, \u201cThis ironic, knowing, inspired book will prompt constant laughter,\u201d and author Jeff Kinney declares, \u201cTimmy Failure is a winner!\u201d In 2014, two more books were released, Timmy Failure: Now Look What You\u2019ve Done <\/em>and Timmy Failure: We Meet Again<\/em>, both receiving wide acclaim.<\/p>\n

Timmy Failure: Sanitized For Your Protection<\/em> comes out October 2015. Kirkus Reviews<\/em> writes, \u201cCartoonist Pastis brings his intelligent yet clueless, arrogantly overconfident detective back for a fourth nonsensical (and nonexistent) case…Abundantly illustrated fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pastis is also the creator of the syndicated comic strip Pearls Before Swine,<\/em>\u00a0which appears in 650 newspapers internationally, including the New York Daily News<\/em>, Los Angeles Times<\/em>, Washington Post<\/em>, Chicago Sun-Times<\/em>, and Houston Chronicle<\/em>. He has twice won the National Cartoonists Society Newspaper Comic Strip Award.<\/p>\n

For more information on Stephan Pastis and the Timmy Failure<\/em> books click here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

*Please note that the book signing will be conducted on a first-come, first-served basis. Upon entering the theater, people wishing to have books signed will be given a number, and the book signing will take place in numerical order after the on-stage presentation.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sign up below to enter a drawing for a free book or poster signed by Stephan Pastis.<\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"cool-brains-inprint-readings-for-young-people-presents-stephan-pastis","image":{"url":"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/website-version-Stephan_Pastis_2_photobySusanYoung.jpg","id":"5489","extension":"jpg","width":600,"height":400,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","ewww_image_optimizer":"Reduced by 40.8% (3.9 kB)","url":"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/website-version-Stephan_Pastis_2_photobySusanYoung-150x150.jpg"},"medium":{"width":300,"height":200,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","ewww_image_optimizer":"Reduced by 27.5% (4.0 kB)","url":"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/website-version-Stephan_Pastis_2_photobySusanYoung-300x200.jpg"},"nav-thumbnail":{"width":75,"height":75,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","ewww_image_optimizer":"Reduced by 63.7% (3.9 kB)","url":"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/website-version-Stephan_Pastis_2_photobySusanYoung-75x75.jpg"},"flex-gallery":{"width":300,"height":200,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","ewww_image_optimizer":"No savings","url":"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/website-version-Stephan_Pastis_2_photobySusanYoung-300x200.jpg"}},"ewww_image_optimizer":"Reduced by 5.9% (2.6 kB)"},"all_day":false,"start_date":"2015-10-18 15:00:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2015","month":"10","day":"18","hour":"15","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2015-10-18 17:00:00","end_date_details":{"year":"2015","month":"10","day":"18","hour":"17","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_start_date":"2015-10-18 20:00:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2015","month":"10","day":"18","hour":"20","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2015-10-18 22:00:00","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2015","month":"10","day":"18","hour":"22","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"timezone":"America\/Chicago","timezone_abbr":"CDT","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"","currency_position":"","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[{"name":"Cool Brains! 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