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Michael Ian Black

Michael Ian Black is a writer, comedian, and actor who has created and starred in many television series, including Michael and Michael Have Issues, Stella, and The State. He also starred in the NBC television show Ed and on VH1’s I Love The... series. He wrote the screenplay for the film Run, Fatboy, Run and wrote and directed the film Wedding Daze. Michael regularly tours the country as a stand-up comedian and is the bestselling author of the book My Custom Van (and 50 Other Mind-Blowing Essays That Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face) and the children’s books Chicken Cheeks, The Purple Kangaroo, A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea, and I’m Bored.... Read full bio

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I'm Bored
I'm Bored By: Michael Ian Black
Illustrated by: Debbie Ridpath Ohi
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: September 4, 2012
Ages: 3 - 8
There is NOTHING boring about being a kid, but one little girl is going to have to prove it in this anything-but-boring picture book from comedian Michael Ian Black.Just when a little girl thinks she couldn’t possibly be...
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Other Formats: eBook
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You're Not Doing It Right
You're Not Doing It Right Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death, and Other Humiliations By: Michael Ian Black
This edition: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publication date: February 28, 2012
“You’re not doing it right.” Michael Ian Black has been hearing these five words all his life. And now—on the eve of his fortieth birthday—he is finally beginning to wonder why. . . . As a husband...
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Other Formats: eBook, Trade Paperback
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A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea
A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea By: Michael Ian Black
Illustrated by: Kevin Hawkes
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: September 7, 2010
Ages: 4 - 8
Could anything possibly be more fun than a pig parade!? You wouldn't think so. But you'd be wrong. A pig parade is a terrible idea. Pigs hate to march, refuse to wear the uniforms, don't care about floats, and insist on...
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Other Formats: eBook
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The Purple Kangaroo
The Purple Kangaroo By: Michael Ian Black
Illustrated by: Peter Brown
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: December 29, 2009
Ages: 4 - 8
The monkey narrator in this humorous picture book gaurantees that he can READ YOUR MIND. What begins as a simple request to imagine the most spectacular thing in history turns into the story of a roller-skating, bubble-blowing...
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My Custom Van
My Custom Van And 50 Other Mind-Blowing Essays that Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face By: Michael Ian Black
This edition: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publication date: July 14, 2009
Get ready for the read of your life. Never before has a single book combined awesome vans, unicorns, Billy Joel, and erotic fiction in such a potent combination. A writing tour de force? Perhaps. A reading experience that...
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Chicken Cheeks
Chicken Cheeks By: Michael Ian Black
Illustrated by: Kevin Hawkes
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: January 6, 2009
Ages: 3 - 7
Some bears will go to any length to get some honey. This one recruits every animal that comes along to form, well, a stack. The result? Tail of the duck to the gluteus maximus of the duck-billed platypus (with many other rears...
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