Mr. Pants: Slacks, Camera, Action! - Softcover

Mccormick, Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0147517117 ISBN 13: 9780147517111

Publisher: Puffin Books, 2015

Synopsis

Mr. Pants is a hilarious comic book style chapter book series, perfect for fans of Bad Kitty and Fly Guy!

Mr. Pants only has a few hours to make a movie with his sisters if they’re going to win the filmmaking contest and get a trip to Hawaii. Why do dumb things like chores and tea parties always get in the way? With a little creative thinking, and a big dose of goofball personality, the cats get their debut film done just in the nick of time.
 
And don't forget about Mr. Pants: It's Go Time!

About this title

About the Author

Scott T. McCormick is a marketing and advertising copywriter, and lives in North Carolina with his family.
R. H. Lazzell is a graduate of the Art Institute of Philadelphia.  He's a freelance illustrator and lives in southern New Jersey.

From School Library Journal

Gr 2–4—The high-energy feline is back in eight brief chapters, and this time he is focused on entering a film contest that promises to pay the winner $1,000. Despite his tunnel vision for all things film, he must first pitch in during Chore Day and help his little sister with her tea party. In typical schemer fashion, Mr. Pants enlists his siblings' help in distracting their mom in a humorous game to make her utter a specific frustrated response ("Honestly, kids.") in order to be assigned the least time-consuming chore, allowing him maximum movie prep time. However, the plan it backfires on him. In "Tea Time Drama," Mr. Pants tries to con his sister's friends into starring in his movie, but he ends up ruining the fun by making all kinds of unwelcome suggestions. Just when he thinks he's run out of time to make a movie, he realizes he can edit all of the events of the past few days together, but will it be enough to take home the big prize? The story is told through dialogue balloons and illustration panels. The vibrant full-color artwork reflects the comical nature of the characters and the plot and uses thick black marker outlines to define the characters, in a style reminiscent of newspaper Sunday comics. Mr. Pants is depicted with one eye that is slightly larger than the other, which is in line with the zany cartoon animation aimed at children. The story line is complex enough to keep readers guessing, and the ending will provoke with big laughs. The characters act more like kids than felines and benefit from having a mother who gets in on some of the action with humorous results. A great choice for readers who are graduating from Mo Willems's early readers and just discovering Doreen Cronin's easy-reader chapter books.—Samantha Lumetta, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, OH

Edition details

• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0147517117
• ISBN 13: 9780147517111
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 128
• Illustrator: Lazzell R. H.