Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Eliot Calls Our Bluff

You may already be familiar with my book Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem, written by Mac Barnett, in which a boy's parents send away for a blue whale and give it to him as a punishment. Under the book's jacket we printed instructions for how to send away for you own blue whale. Recently Mac Barnett received this letter:

Keep checking your mailbox, Eliot.

3 comments:

Nina Crittenden said...

10 bucks! He must be pretty serious...

Kelly Polark said...

That is too funny. I think I saw Eliot in Vegas last year at the blackjack table.
That book is wrapped up right now for my son's fifth birthday on Thursday. I hope he doesn't expect a whale for Christmas ;).

Adam Rex said...

Nina – I know, right?

Kelly – Thanks! I hope he likes it.