Read Along with Mike Bender & Chuck Dillon: Santa Barbara Literary Festival

Join author Mike Bender and illustrator Chuck Dillon as they read two of their most hilarious - and moving - collaborations.

The Most Serious Fart chronicals the epic journey of Siegfried, a most serious fart who is sick and tired of farts being a laughing matter. When he sets out on a most serious mission to change the fart as we know it, he ends up learning to embrace his fartness and the fun and friendship that come with it.

Bored Panda is the tale of a tech-obsessed Panda as he goes from having a “boring” no-screens day to a joyful, out-and-about day. The New York Times bestselling creator of Awkward Family Photos wants you to know: being bored is not boring!

For Panda, there is NOTHING worse than being bored. It’s just so…boring.

But what’s a tech-loving panda to do when there’s no electricity? Skeptical that the great outdoors will cure his boredom, Panda nonetheless sets out on a day full of surprises. They might even turn out to be fun surprises!

Mike Bender is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Awkward Family Photos and has written the Junior Library Guild selection, The Book About Nothing, The End Is Just The Beginning, The Most Serious Fart, and Bored Panda, which has been selected as one of Amazon's Best Children's Books of the Year.

Known for his busy style that blends humor with intricate detail Chuck Dillon’s cartoons have appeared in numerous children’s publications, games, and online for over 35 years. He is a member and two time Silver Reuben recipient of the National Cartoonist Society. Chuck is the illustrator of the children’s books The Most Serious Fart and The Bravest Booger which were featured on Ryan Reynold’s Bedtime Stories with Ryan. Bored Panda, Mike Bender and Chuck’s new book, was picked for Jenna Bush’s Reading With Jenna that is featured on NBC’s Today Show. Chuck was born and raised in Philadelphia surrounded by chaos and laughter but he currently lives with his cute family in rural Massachusetts where the milk is delivered on Saturdays.

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