Eric-Shabazz Larkin didn't discover he had a graffiti artist inside of him until he drew the city skyline on the wall of his childhood home in Virginia. He made his picture-book illustration debut with Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table, an American Library Association Notable Book. A Moose Boosh marks his author-illustrator debut. He lives in New York City.
- 2015 American Library Association Notable Children's Book "Very
funny book."
--Michael Pollan, author, Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food,
Food Rules "Readers and eaters are taken on a comical romp through
the world of food using poetry and a visual feast of photographs
enhanced with playful doodles."
-- 2015 American Library Association Notable Children's Book
"Varied in style and tone -- much like food itself -- the witty,
quirky poems take on many different topics . . . This is a charming
and original book that should start some quality conversation about
food."
--School Library Journal "In 40-plus energetic poems, Larkin
celebrates the good and decries the bad in the food world. Though
individual poems might seem like amuse-bouches by themselves, they
add up to a full meal, and the volume as a whole serves up a lively
conversation about food... [T]he overall effect of the poetry and
the mixed-media, graffiti-style art (inspired by Jean-Michel
Basquiat) is exuberant: "Where there is food, there will be
laughter (and crumbs)." A kid-friendly companion to Michael
Pollan's Food Rules."
--Kirkus Reviews "Larkin assembles more than 40 food-themed poems
that range from the political to the personal, pairing them with
photographs that have digital doodles superimposed on them. Several
poems take aim at urban food deserts, fast food, or modified
food... But Larkin doesn't ignore the sillier or joyful side of
food...and his sometimes whimsical, sometimes provocative artwork
gives the poems added dimension and depth."
--Publishers Weekly
"What to talk about at the dinner table? Why how to eat Slippery
Noodles, of course!
Twirl them, whirl them, slop them, slip them,
twist them, curl them, whip them, flip them,
sip them, slurp them, chew them, beat them.
But you must use your fork, when you eat them."
-- from the book
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