Maya Makes a Mess: A Toon Book

Rutu Modan

Candlewick Press, Aug 14, 2012 - Juvenile Fiction - 31 pages

Are Maya's manners fit for a queen?

In the midst of a family dinner with her scolding parents, Maya receives a very unexpected invitation to dine with the queen. Suddenly, her messy manners are put to the ultimate test and she begins to improvise her very own set of rules, with uproarious results. Filled with humor and exquisitely imagined detail, this book by Eisner Award–winner Rutu Modan is bound to turn every child into a voracious reader.

About the author

Rutu Modan is an Israeli illustrator and comic book artist. She is a graduate of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, and former editor of the Hebrew edition of MAD magazine. She, and former MAD colleague Yirmi Pinkus, founded Actus Tragicus, a publishing collective of Israeli comic book artists in 1995. She is also the recipient of multiple artistic awards, including the Israel Museum’s "Young Artist of the Year” (1997) and "Best Illustrated Children’s Book” (1998, 2000, 2002) prizes, the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation’s designated "Outstanding Artist” (2005), and the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for her book Exit Wounds in 2008. In 2012, she released Maya Makes a Mess with TOON Books, the first children’s book she both wrote and illustrated. Her most recent comic, "The Property," was released by Drawn and Quarterly in May 2013.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Maya Makes a Mess: A Toon Book; Easy-to-read comics. Level two; TOON Books; Toon into reading
• Author: Rutu Modan
• Publisher: Candlewick Press, 2012
• ISBN: 1935179179, 9781935179177
• Length: 31 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / General; Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories; Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner; Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Manners & Etiquette