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Children's Fiction Humorous Stories

Max Todd and the School Trip Squirmies

by (author) L.M. Nicodemo

illustrated by Graham Ross

Publisher
Formac Publishing Company Limited
Initial publish date
Oct 2024
Category
Humorous Stories, Special Needs, Neurodiversity, Chapter Books, Imagination & Play
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781459507685
    Publish Date
    Oct 2024
    List Price
    $9.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781459507609
    Publish Date
    Oct 2024
    List Price
    $16.95

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Description

Max can’t wait to go on a school trip to the art gallery – until he learns he is going to be stuck with Spencer, the class bully, for a partner all day. On top of that, Max comes down with a case of the Super Fidgets before they even get off the bus, so he decides to focus on the colour green to keep himself focused. His game threatens to embarrass him in front of the rest of the class, but Max’s friends always know how to make him feel better and help him win his game.

Full colour illustrations and fun typography bring Max to life and make this book accessible to readers of all levels.

About the authors

L. M. NICODEMO is an elementary school teacher who hopes that this series will mark the beginning of a long and joyful career in writing. She lives with her family in southwestern Ontario.

L.M. Nicodemo's profile page

Look! Look what I've done!! The words of an eight year old as he holds up the drawing of a vibrant red fire engine. Oh Graham, that's wonderful.

Really? Oh this is good. You draw a picture and you get a reaction. I could get into this! And so it began. The seed was planted, further watered by bedtime rituals of propping pillows up against his bedroom wall getting into bed to get lost in a family member's reading of The Wind in the Willows.

An unintended lesson learned through those readings that our intrepid illustrator still calls upon in his illustration work is that the viewer will take different things from the illustration and he will add elements to the illustration that may go over some heads, but others will catch them and smile. There's always something to look at.

A graduate of the illustration program at Sheridan College in Ontario, Graham thought he would stick around the big smoke and in addition to his work as a designer at Canadian publisher McClelland & Stewart, he would also cultivate his Flock of Seagulls hair style and work on his dance floor moves. But alas soon follicles started to recede and shoulder pads deflated, so Graham moved back to his hometown of Ottawa, Ontario to contemplate his next career move.

It was in Ottawa that Graham began his freelance illustration and graphic design career. A career that has spawned illustrations for such publishers as Orca Book Publishers, Scholastic Canada, and Meadowside Books of the United Kingdom, as well as numerous Canadian government agencies and private design firms.

He lives in Merrickville, Ontario with a circus star family: his juggling wife, a helldriver daughter, a canine cannonball, and a fire breathing cat.

Graham Ross' profile page

Editorial Reviews

"A worthwhile purchase, particularly for the target audience."

2021

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