Swami on Rye: Max in India

by Maira Kalman

Book Overview

Max the dog's beloved wife Crepes is about to have puppies--and Max finds himself on a wild journey in India, returning home just in time to meet his expanded family The hero of Max Makes a Million... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670856460
• ISBN13: 9780670856466
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 0.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Cute,Charming and readable

I'm in my 20's but I love children's books. This one is very touching and written from a different slant. I think parents would enjoy it too.

A "children's book" that's not really for kids...

Max in India has fantastic illustration art and offbeat textwith lots of play-on-words. Most kids (especially as young as the "4-8" range)will not be able to relate to this tale of a man/dog pondering the meaning of life while expecting his first offspring. It's more like a fun gift book for adults or maybe older kids/teens with an interest in India, art or philosophy. My six-year-old liked the pictures but didn't get anything out of the story.

Hilarious, clever "self-help" for your inner child = Max!

Max Stravinsky (poet, dreamer, dog) is back in full color in a charming romp through India's exotic locales and treasures. As he anxiously pursues the "meaning of life," Max encounters Kalman's usual eccentrically lovable characters and valid lessons. This book can be read BY youngsters or read TO them, but it is the inner child in the adult who benefits the most. Throw away those dime-store psychological self-help tomes...and let Kalman's magic combination of drawings and delicious vocabulary make you a Swami for life!