Illustrator’s agent: Christina Tugeau, Catugeau Agency. How Margarets first book Maximillian Villainous was created with illustrator Lesley Breen Withrow, and the manuscript and sketches were sent together to an. Author’s agent: Rick Richter, Aevitas Creative Management. A clever, surprising ending emphasizes that different isn’t always so different after all. Childlike mixed-media illustrations by Withrow (Bunny Bus) playfully depict monster life (eyeballs for dinner, anyone?), while Max’s conflicting emotions play expressively across his features. Max sincerely attempts to meet these demands (“Should be easy to make a baby cry,” he thinks while plotting against Cupid), but his sensitive nature wins out every time. When Max brings home the most unsuitable of sidekicks-a bunny-his mother is firm: he can only keep the animal if the pair can succeed at a devious task. While his relations enjoy playing tricks on Santa Claus, Mother Nature, and the like, Maximillian counters their mischief with helpfulness and kindness, even writing the Tooth Fairy an apology note after one grievous incident. Maximillian Villainous is a monster who doesn’t have the heart to be a villain. But to the family’s chagrin, Max is not like the others. Published by Running Press Kids (TODAY: August 28, 2019) Ages: 4-8. As his name suggests, monster Maximillian Villainous comes from a family famous for their villainy. Greanias makes her debut with crackling dialogue in this story about being different.
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