NPR has a great piece on Max and Pinky author Maxwell Eaton III.  Make sure you listen to the radio piece to hear the reviewer laugh with glee at the books.  Charming to hear an adult respond so spontaneously to a children’s book.  Makes one feel so much less alone!

The second Adventures of Max and Pinky book, Superheroes, is very charming.  It continues the wonderful thick-lined and bright colored illustrations, the complex world of childhood friendship, and the obsession with marshmallows that were part of the first book.

One of my favorite spreads in the new book is where the friends are trying to decide on superhero outfits.  Pinky gets me laughing out loud with his plunger as a hat and his towering stack of marshmallows on his head.  The second book is just as wonderful as the first, so if you loved the first make sure you seek this one out!  If you haven’t read either, you really should check out this new friendship in children’s books.