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Critics' Lists: Summer 2011

Laugh Yourself Cool: 5 Funny Books To Beat The Heat

Illustration: A hand reaches out of a book to throw a pie into the reader's face.

July 13, 2011 Dan Kois picks five hilarious new books to lift you out of the summer swelter. Go ahead: Laugh, giggle or guffaw until you sweat!

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Farewell Opus; Hello Pete, The Perfectly Practical Pig

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October 6, 2008 After 30 years, cartoonist Berkeley Breathed is bidding adieu to his charming, politically astute penguin of Bloom County and Opus. His new project is Pete & Pickles, a children's book about a very sad pig.

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Cartoonist: From Bloom County to Moms on Mars

'Mars Needs Moms!' page 26

May 16, 2007 Mars Needs Moms! tells the story of Milo, a boy who re-evaluates the value of moms when Martians kidnap his mother. Cartoonist Berkeley Breathed talks about his book and the sacrifices parents make for their children.

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