Cheesie Mack Is Not a Genius or Anything (21 page)

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If you want to know about my birthday party (super cool and very different), go to the birthday page on my website. And if your birthday was super cool and very different, tell me about it.

   
1.
You liked this book … or if you didn’t … or whatever.

   
2.
You want to tell me your grandparent nicknames.

   
3.
You know any countries with money that doesn’t break into hundredths.

   
4.
You have an idea what it will cost to mail a letter fifty years from now.

   
5.
You have an image of a cool stamp and a clever, weird, or funny caption to go with it.

   
6.
You know anything about frog and toad
leg lengths.

   
7.
You have any excellent rodent jokes to add to my collection.

   
8.
You’ve seen a vampire or, even better, been bitten by one.

   
9.
You want the answer to my “eighty-three cents in four coins” puzzle.

 
10.
You know any cool words that sound like what they mean.

 
11.
You want to know which three words
skivolvunged
is a combo of.

 
12.
You’d like to vote for your favorite food.

 
13.
You want to see how to toss things over your head backward with your toes.

 
14.
You know any other names for sow bugs. Do
not
eat one!

 
15.
You have an idea what the evidence in Goon’s pocket was.

 
16.
You want to read Glenn’s “a half of a time” explanation.

 
17.
You’ve got another way to determine if Glenora Jean Prott was a Ms. or a Mrs.

 
18.
You want to see my and Georgie’s junk food presentation.

 
19.
You want to see pictures of the six pennies minted in 1909.

 
20.
You want to play my and Georgie’s Bigger-Word game.

 
21.
You want to know the title of my next book.

 
22.
You know why
Eureka
was dented into the paper in the envelope.

 
23.
You want to know about my birthday or tell me about yours … or just say hi. I hope you do!

is a retired Little League catcher who’s also been a shoe salesman, telecom scientist, singer-songwriter,
Apollo 1
computer programmer, Hollywood screenwriter, Harvard Business School MBA, investment banker, and door-to-door egg man. He lives with his wife and writes in Sonoma County in Northern California’s wine country. He thinks he is and always will be eleven years old.

has illustrated twenty-two children’s books, including Jon Scieszka’s Time Warp Trio series, Louis Sachar’s Wayside School series, and Betty Hicks’s Gym Shorts series. Adam also illustrates picture books, and his animation “Fast Food” is in the permanent new-media collection of SFMOMA. When he’s not drawing, Adam enjoys cooking, playing drums, and surfing in the cold Pacific waters. You can see more of his work at
AdamMcCauley.com
.

Visit Cheesie online at
CheesieMack.com
.
Visit Steve at
SteveCotler.com
.