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Books in Timmy Failure series

  • Timmy Failure: The Maximum Greatness Collection

    Stephan Pastis

    Paperback (Candlewick, Oct. 8, 2019)
    The complete collected memoirs of Timmy Failure are contained within this boxed set. That’s seven episodes of New York Times best-selling greatness. You have been warned.Meet Timmy Failure. You may know him as the founder, president, and CEO of Total Failure, Inc. — the best detective agency in town. Perhaps even the nation. Timmy’s seen a lot in his eleven years. Maybe too much. But luckily for you, the tales of his genius have been recorded by Timmy himself. All seven of his comically overconfident capers, combining hilarity and heart, are now available together in a deceptively sweet, outrageously funny collection by Stephan Pastis, making the perfect gift for Timmy fans new and old.Includes:Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made Timmy Failure: Now Look What You've DoneTimmy Failure: We Meet Again Timmy Failure: Sanitized for Your Protection Timmy Failure: The Book You're Not Supposed to Have Timmy Failure: The Cat Stole My PantsTimmy Failure: It's the End When I Say It's the End
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  • Timmy Failure: Zero to Hero

    Stephan Pastis

    Hardcover (Disney-Hyperion, April 7, 2020)
    The prequel to the New York Times best-selling series that's now a movie on Disney+!Timmy Failure is not just any detective-he is the greatest detective in his town, perhaps the nation. He is so famous that there have been seven books written about his life. Plus a movie. And so he has agreed to provide the world with his extraordinary origin story, as dictated to his biographer and best friend, Charles "Rollo" Tookus. New York Times best-selling author Stephan Pastis is back with the hilariously heartwarming tale of how it all started for our favorite clueless detective-including how he got that red scarf!
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  • Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made

    Stephan Pastis

    Paperback (Candlewick, April 14, 2015)
    “An endearingly pathetic antihero with delusions of greatness. . . . Seldom has failure been so likable — or so funny.” — The Wall Street JournalTake Timmy Failure—the clueless, comically self-confident CEO of the best detective agency in town, perhaps even the nation. Add his impressively lazy business partner, a very large polar bear named Total, and what you have is Total Failure, Inc. From the offbeat creator of Pearls Before Swine comes an endearingly bumbling hero in a hilarious caper accompanied by a whodunit twist. With perfectly paced visual humor, Stephan Pastis gets readers snorting with laughter, then slyly carries the joke a beat further—or sweetens it with an unexpected poignant moment—making this a comics-inspired story that truly stands apart from the pack.
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  • Timmy Failure: Sanitized for Your Protection

    Stephan Pastis

    Paperback (Candlewick, Sept. 10, 2019)
    Some surprising news sends Timmy Failure on a hilarious caper as the New York Times best-selling series continues.Behold! You are all about to be witnesses to greatness.In this fourth volume of Timmy Failure’s memoirs, Timmy is forced to hit the road in a cross-country trip that includes Timmy’s mom, Total the polar bear, Doorman Dave, and smells-like-a-tangerine criminal mastermind Molly Moskins. It’s a world gone mad, where good becomes bad, and Timmy Failure is a condemned man.Someone call the authorities. . . .
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  • Timmy Failure: Now Look What You've Done

    Stephan Pastis

    Paperback (Candlewick, April 12, 2016)
    “Puns, plays-on-words, and clever comedic timing will result in laugh-out-loud moments.” —School Library JournalThe clueless, comically self-confident detective Timmy Failure is about to crack the biggest case of his generation: a school competition to find a stolen globe. But someone is clearly trying to game the system. Hoodwink. Con. Defraud. Timmy, with the dubious help of his lazy polar bear sidekick, Total, must avenge the shenanigans, defeat the injustice—and get an entry form in on time.
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  • Timmy Failure: The Cat Stole My Pants

    Stephan Pastis

    Paperback (Candlewick, Sept. 10, 2019)
    In the sixth book in Stephan Pastis’s hilarious series, Timmy is being threatened and must rely on his new partner to solve the mystery — and possibly save his life! Timmy is in Key West, Florida, ostensibly for the honeymoon of his mother and Doorman Dave — if they even got married, which Timmy doubts. Unfortunately for Timmy, crime doesn’t take a vacation. And because Total has fled to Cuba seeking political asylum, Timmy must rely on a new partner for help: Doorman Dave’s nephew Emilio. Meanwhile, a surprise newcomer shows up in Timmy’s life and, as if things couldn’t get more hectic, Timmy’s pants have been stolen by a six-toed cat.
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  • Timmy Failure: The Book You're Not Supposed to Have

    Stephan Pastis

    Paperback (Candlewick, Sept. 10, 2019)
    Banishment from his life’s calling can’t keep a comically overconfident detective down in the latest episode by New York Times bestseller Stephan Pastis.This book was never meant to exist. No one needs to know the details. Just know this: there’s a Merry, a Larry, a missing tooth, and a teachers’ strike that is crippling Timmy Failure’s academic future. Worst of all, Timmy is banned from detective work. It’s a conspiracy of buffoons. He recorded everything in his private notebook, but then the manuscript was stolen. If this book gets out, he will be grounded for life. Or maybe longer. And will Timmy’s mom really marry Doorman Dave?
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  • Timmy Failure: We Meet Again

    Stephan Pastis

    Paperback (Candlewick, Sept. 27, 2016)
    “Pastis’s lovely balance of quirky cartooning and quick-moving text makes this an enjoyable, laugh-out-loud read. . . . A perfect go-to for reluctant readers.” — School Library JournalHis name is Failure, Timmy Failure. His detective agency is on the verge of global domination. Global riches. Global fame. In this, the third volume of his memoirs, Timmy Failure will reveal how he will triumph over the curveballs of the gods: for starters, academic probation. The coveted Miracle Report is the key to everything, including a good grade. It’s dirty business. It’s best you know nothing.
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  • Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made

    Stephan Pastis

    Hardcover (Candlewick, Feb. 26, 2013)
    Want to aspire to greatness? Check out this edition of Timmy Failure’s first adventure—featuring the bonus section “How to Draw Timmy and Total.”He may be clueless, but the comically self-confident Timmy Failure is CEO of the best detective agency in town, perhaps even the nation. Additional material includes step-by-step instructions on how to draw Timmy and his impressively lazy business partner, the polar bear Total—including a trick to making them both look a tiny bit nuts (hint: the secret is in the eyes).
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  • Timmy Failure It’s the End When I Say It’s the End

    Stephan Pastis

    Paperback (Candlewick, Sept. 10, 2019)
    In the series finale, Timmy Failure and his class create a hilarious film about his life — just in time for the holidays.Though I, Timmy Failure, have solved many notorious crimes and now wish to enjoy my retirement, my fans have begged me to turn my memoirs into a movie, an ode to my greatness. I am, however, beset by enemies. What’s more, my father is in town, working at a bar, which is obviously just a cover for our father-son crime-fighting partnership. And my dim-witted polar bear business partner, Total, wants to be reunited with his family. I should have known it would end like this. I expected more.
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  • Timmy Failure: Now Look What Mistakes Were Made

    Stephan Pastis

    Paperback (Candlewick, Sept. 26, 2017)
    The first two hilarious tales in the New York Times best-selling Timmy Failure series — together in one volume!Meet Timmy Failure, the clueless, comically overconfident detective. Add his impressively lazy business partner, a very large polar bear named Total, and what do you get? Total Failure, Inc. — the best detective agency in town, perhaps even the nation. Perfectly paced and full of visual humor, this bind-up of Timmy’s first two adventures combines hilarity and heart for a deceptively sweet and outrageously funny read.
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  • Timmy Failure: Zero to Hero

    Stephan Pastis

    Paperback (Disney-Hyperion, April 6, 2021)
    The prequel to the New York Times best-selling series that's now a movie on Disney+!Timmy Failure is not just any detective-he is the greatest detective in his town, perhaps the nation. He is so famous that there have been seven books written about his life. Plus a movie. And so he has agreed to provide the world with his extraordinary origin story, as dictated to his biographer and best friend, Charles "Rollo" Tookus. New York Times best-selling author Stephan Pastis is back with the hilariously heartwarming tale of how it all started for our favorite clueless detective-including how he got that red scarf!