![]() Illustrator’s agent: Christina Tugeau, Catugeau Agency. Author’s agent: Rick Richter, Aevitas Creative Management. The daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, she grew up in New. A clever, surprising ending emphasizes that different isn’t always so different after all.Margaret Chiu Greanias is the author of Maximillian Villainous. Childlike mixed-media illustrations by Withrow (Bunny Bus) playfully depict monster life (eyeballs for dinner, anyone?), while Max’s conflicting emotions play expressively across his features. Max sincerely attempts to meet these demands (“Should be easy to make a baby cry,” he thinks while plotting against Cupid), but his sensitive nature wins out every time. ![]() When Max brings home the most unsuitable of sidekicks-a bunny-his mother is firm: he can only keep the animal if the pair can succeed at a devious task. ![]() While his relations enjoy playing tricks on Santa Claus, Mother Nature, and the like, Maximillian counters their mischief with helpfulness and kindness, even writing the Tooth Fairy an apology note after one grievous incident. But to the family’s chagrin, Max is not like the others. As his name suggests, monster Maximillian Villainous comes from a family famous for their villainy. For anyone who loved Leonardo, the Terrible Monster, this is a humorous and important book about learning to follow your heart and proving that kindness can. ![]() Greanias makes her debut with crackling dialogue in this story about being different. ![]()
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