I took three rubber roaches home and am excited to use them in a prank. Her second book, THE WATER BEARS, will be released in Spring 2020 from Wendy Lamb Books, Random House.

He is also a director at the animation studio Aardman Nathan Love. Kim Baker's first book, PICKLE: The Formerly Anonymous Prank Club of Fountain Point Middle School, has been selected for many reading lists and was a finalist for the Texas Bluebonnet Award and the CBC Children's Choice Book of the Year. The pickled (of course!) quail egg escabeche with jalapenos was my personal favorite. Tim Probert has illustrated children’s books, including Pickle by Kim Baker, as well as magazines and advertisements. The illustration (at left, by me!) is of a limited selection of hors d'ouvres (aka bizarre treats and unmentionable eats) Kim and her Posse created for the book launch. It's FUNNY! And FUN! And guaranteed to encourage and inspire the prankster in all of us. Pickle is about a boy, Ben, and his team of motley pranksters, who come together at their middle school under the auspices of a pickle making club, their creative cover for a focus on pranks, and in so doing, get to know themselves, and each other. Kim Baker, author of Pickle, The (Formerly) Anonymous PRANK CLUB of Fountain Point Middle School, had a book launch party at Secret Garden Books last night. The author of many books, including Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans and T he Soccer Fence: A Story of Friendship, Hope, and Apartheid in South Africa, Bildner. KIM BAKERs first book, Pickle, has been selected for many reading lists and was a finalist for the CBC Childrens Choice Book of the Year and the Texas Bluebonnet Award.