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Mustache Baby
by Bridget Heos, illustrated by Joy Ang
Clarion Books, HarperCollins
Agent:
Kelly Sonnack
Boss Baby meets Despicable Me
When Baby Billy is born with a mustache, his parents have to figure out if it's a good-guy mustache or a bad-guy mustache in this hilarious picture book comedy!
When Baby Billy is born with a mustache, his family takes it in stride. They are reassured when he nobly saves the day in imaginary-play sessions as a cowboy or cop and his mustache looks good-guy great. But as time passes, their worst fears are confirmed when little Billy’s mustache starts to curl up at the ends in a suspiciously villainous fashion. Sure enough, “Billy’s disreputable mustache led him into a life of dreadful crime.” What can anyone do against a bad baby? Full of tongue-in-cheek humor and hilarious illustrations.
Noteworthy
Winner of the 2017 Colorado Children's Book Award
"Occasional badness has never been so good." —Kirkus
"The book's oddball sense of humor is unflagging." —Publishers Weekly
"A mustached baby will surely make audiences howl during read-alouds." —Booklist Online
"You never know what you'll get in the delivery room, and something isn't quite right with this new baby. . . . Heos's offbeat tale muses on the possibilities, playing off parental hope and panicky nightmares." —New York Times Book Review
"[This] book bristles with appealing humor." —The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Quirky, silly fun." —School Library Journal
Five book series