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  • Published: 15 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9780385375566
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $12.99

Icky Ricky #4: The Hole to China



This Captain Underpants-style Stepping Stones series is half text, half illustration, and 100 percent humor.

This Captain Underpants–style Stepping Stones series is half text, half illustration, and 100 percent humor.
 
The creator of Goodnight Goon and The Runaway Mummy pulls from his mad-scientist brain a kid so attracted to slime, muck, dirt, and yuck he could only be called Icky Ricky. And uh-oh! Icky Ricky is in a mess. Why? Well, you see . . .
            He’s digging a hole to China, in his backyard.
            He found a free toilet in someone’s garbage. (Score!)
            He fell into a pigpen . . . with a muddy mega-pig.
            Icky Ricky is up to his eyeballs in trouble—and ick!

  • Published: 15 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9780385375566
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $12.99

About the author

Michael Rex


Michael Rex has been writing and illustrating since 1995 and has created more than forty-five books for children, including the #1 bestseller and Halloween favourite Goodnight Goon. His Fangbone! graphic novels have been adapted into an animated TV show, and his recent picture book Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots is being developed for TV as well. He's written for all ages, from simple picture books such as Eat Pete to the illustrated chapter book series Icky Ricky. He travels the country talking about his work with students, has a master's degree in arts education, and also taught high school art for three years in the Bronx.
He has been obsessed with postapocalyptic stories since he was young and has wanted to tell a story like Your Pal Fred for as long as he can remember. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, two teenage boys, and a dog named Roxy.

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Praise for Icky Ricky #4: The Hole to China

"I thoroughly enjoyed these books, and I look forward to more icky adventures from young Ricky."--Nick Bruel, author of Bad Kitty
"Hits the gross-out sweet spot."--Kirkus