false 110660 2 On June 1, 1990, less than a week after graduating college, Mo Willems embarked on a yearlong trip around the world. Travelingwith only a notebook, pen and ink, and one change of clothes, he spent the next twelve months backpacking across more than thirty countries.At the end of each day, he drew the one event that stuck out in his mind the mostfrom the sublime to the ridiculous.Recently annotated by the illustrator and featuring a foreword from best-selling humor writer Dave Barry, You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When It Monsoons: The World on One Cartoon a Day is a unique snapshot of an artists coming-of-age as he tries to understand the world around him. 106645 1 5 2006 You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When It Monsoons - The World on One Cartoon a Day total:120|5:26|4:54|3:33|2:6|1:1| 120 458 198 31 4 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 20:11:22 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 20:16:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 08:38:17 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 08:40:51 -0800 2009 Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (and sequels) to the small children in my life, so I picked this one up at a used bookstore as soon as I saw who wrote it. A wonderful memoir of his travels around the world in 1990-91, with one sketch per day, per page. The only dis...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 26 00:15:51 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 00:19:07 -0700 2009
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Anyway, back in the day, before he started writing hilarious children's books that adults ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 25 10:13:24 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 10:17:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 19 22:47:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 22:52:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 06 08:35:02 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 08:37:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 14:45:50 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 19:26:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 15:29:03 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 18:21:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Dec 26 15:46:16 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 15:51:08 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sat May 30 06:30:16 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 06:32:03 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 05:57:10 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 07:34:19 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu May 03 13:02:51 -0700 2007 Thu May 10 14:59:24 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 05:44:40 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 07:33:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 21:43:02 -0700 2008 Sun May 31 08:10:31 -0700 2009 12/02 - Having forgotten incense, man hopes Buddha will accept a cigarette (Sukhothai, Thailand)
2/17 - Cabbage farmer lives his life on the edge (Ngadisari, Java, Indonesia)3/4 - Drinking games (Guangzhou, Guangdong, China): I've actually played ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 09 20:22:05 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 05 16:15:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 10:19:55 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 10:22:04 -0700 2008 Makes me wish I could sum up all my elaborate and wordy journal entries from my time spent in Nepal with a haiku a day, which is essentially what children's book writer Mo Williams has done. What a journey! You won't regret picking this up, a great on the toilet or a few pages before bed rea...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 02:45:01 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 12:39:02 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=110660