Adventures of Max and Pinky: Superheroes

Adventures of Max and Pinky: Superheroes
by
Maxwell Eaton, III
children's fiction
ages 3-6
or adults can read it as a funny comic strip

Today Max the boy is pretending he is a superhero. His sidekick stuffed pig, Pinky, wants to be one, too, but Max wants Pinky to be a sidekick. Pinky doesn't appreciate being demoted to sidekick, but the sidekick comes through in the end.
If you have not read any Max and Pinky, give these funny guys a try. I wonder if they will base a children's television series on this? They certainly could.

Mystery: The Adventures of Max and Pinky

Mystery: The Adventures of Max and Pinky
by
Maxwell Eaton III
children's fiction
ages 3-7

That Maxwell Eaton! He's a laugh-riot! Max, a boy, and Pinky, his porcine companion, paint a barn. Somehow the barn is repainted in the middle of the night. What happened? Hilarity ensues as Max investigates the mysterious barn painting. Why had I not heard of this goofy series before? If you liked the Far Side, then this is a book to read to your children.

Adventures of Max and Pinky: Best Buds

Adventures of Max and Pinky: Best Buds
by
Maxwell Eaton, III
children's fiction
ages 3-7
This is a cartoon book about a boy (Max) and his best friend, a pig (Pinky). I think that Pinky is supposed to be Max's stuffed animal that he uses for pretending (like Christopher Robin and Pooh) but I am not certain. Max is a bald round-headed kid that looks a bit like Charlie Brown. Whatever the author's intentions, this book exhibits light-hearted slapstick little-kid humor.
In the front of the book it says "the illustrations in this book were created using black pen-and-ink with digital coloring". I have seen other books illustrated this way, but none explained it like this one did.
This is not necessarily an educational book, but the author does do things like use color words (red barn, deep blue pond) and repetition (here, there, up, down). English teachers out there should note that he uses the time-honored device of using the same phrase at the beginning and end of the book for opening and closure.
I will definitely be reading more Max and Pinky books because they were fun for me and my 5 and 6 year old audience. I would not be surprised if Nickelodeon, PBS, Dic, or another company picked this up for a children's television series.