Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big

Synopsis

"From a long line of liars, there's non higher upper

So begins the cautionary tale of a liar so amazing, so outrageous, so talented, that no one is spared. Edwurd Fudwupper spends all his time cooking up fibs full of phooey and letting them rip. But one day, Edwurd tells such a world-class lie, such a humdinger, that the army, the air force, and the dog catcher are called to try to reverse the damage Edwurd's lie has wrought--with little success! But just when fingers are pointing at Edwurd and he about to be punished, an unlikely heroine comes to his rescue.

Berkeley Breathed's contemporary fable proves that unless you have a devoted little sister, it's best to stick to the truth."

"Berkeley Breathed, one of America's most popular illustrators, has won a Pulitzer Prize for his editorial cartooning. His comic strip "Bloom County" ran for years in newspapers around the world, and his books of the collected cartoons include the bestsellers 'Toons for Our Times and Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things. His highly acclaimed picture books, A Wish for Wings That Work, The Last Basselope, Goodnight, Opus, and Red Ranger Came Calling, have been hits with children and adults alike.

Berkeley Breathed lives, surfs, and collects vintage ray guns with his wife, Jody, in southern California."

Annotation

Edwurd's little sister comes to the rescue when Edwurd's humongous fib lands him in trouble with a three-eyed alien from another galaxy.

Publishers Weekly

A timid girl only wants some attention from her brother who is too busy fabricating stories to be her friend. When she tells a fib to save the planet, she finally earns his affection. "The alternating ink-and-watercolor caricatures with ultra-high-contrast images, exude an almost radioactive glow," said PW. Ages 6-9. (June) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.