Marty Pants #1: Do Not Open!

By Mark Parisi

Book Overview

"Funny and engaging. Marty Pants is a surefire hit "--Lincoln Peirce, author of the Big Nate series

"Readers will love the riotous hero of this new series."--School Library Journal

Move over, Wimpy Kid. Here comes the imaginative, the inquisitive, the unstoppable Marty Pants

Marty Pants is different from your typical middle schooler. He has the soul of an artist, and as an artist, he notices things-except when he doesn't.

When Marty discovers a note suggesting an alien is watching him, this is something he can't ignore. But no one, not his friends, his family, his arch-enemy, nor the chief of police, can see what he sees. So, it's up to Marty to save the world--his way

This hilarious new series follows the endearing, frazzled, embarrassed, and ultimately fearless footsteps of literature's most unlikely hero: Marty Pants.

Laugh-Out-Loud School Humor: Join Marty Pants, a middle-school artist who sees the world a little differently--whether he's dealing with his annoying sister, a school bully, or his chaos-causing cat, Jerome.A Hilariously Misunderstood Hero: When a mysterious note appears, Marty is the only one who believes his teacher is an alien. Now he has to prove it before Earth is annihilated For Fans of Wimpy Kid and Big Nate: The first book in a hilarious, diary-style series packed with witty text and funny cartoons, ideal for getting kids hooked on reading.Hand-Drawn Comics on Every Page: See the world through Marty's eyes with hundreds of drawings that bring his wacky theories and epic misunderstandings to life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062427768
• ISBN13: 9780062427762
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7