ISBN 10: 0060587024 ISBN 13: 9780060587024

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2004

"I'll swap you my dad," I said.

"Oh-oh," said my little sister.

What if you wanted your best friend's two goldfish so much that you'd swap anything for them, even your father?

What if your mother came home and found out what you'd done?

Review:

"Delightful." -- Time Out New York Kids

"An energetic, eye-catching volume." -- Publishers Weekly

Delightful. --Time Out New York Kids

"An energetic, eye-catching volume."--Publishers Weekly

"Delightful."--Time Out New York Kids

"McKean is in peak form here, with dark, spiky graphics that somehow manage to convey both sweetness and menace."--Washington Post

"A bittersweet, guffaw-out-loud story from the most distinctive partnership in picture books today."--The Guardian (UK)

"Leave it to Neil Gaiman to write a zany tale that's swimmingly good."--The Washington Missourian

Delightful. --Time Out New York Kids"

A bittersweet, guffaw-out-loud story from the most distinctive partnership in picture books today. --The Guardian (UK)"

McKean is in peak form here, with dark, spiky graphics that somehow manage to convey both sweetness and menace. --Washington Post"

Leave it to Neil Gaiman to write a zany tale that s swimmingly good. --The Washington Missourian"

An energetic, eye-catching volume. --Publishers Weekly"

-Delightful.---Time Out New York Kids

-A bittersweet, guffaw-out-loud story from the most distinctive partnership in picture books today.---The Guardian (UK)

-McKean is in peak form here, with dark, spiky graphics that somehow manage to convey both sweetness and menace.---Washington Post

-Leave it to Neil Gaiman to write a zany tale that's swimmingly good.---The Washington Missourian

-An energetic, eye-catching volume.---Publishers Weekly

About the Author:

Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book, Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett), The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains; the Sandman series of graphic novels; and the story collections Smoke and Mirrors, Fragile Things, and Trigger Warning. He is the winner of numerous literary honors, including the Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy awards, and the Newbery and Carnegie Medals. Originally from England, he now lives in the United States. He is Professor in the Arts at Bard College.

Dave McKean is best known for his work on Neil Gaiman's Sandman series of graphic novels and for his CD covers for musicians from Tori Amos to Alice Cooper. He also illustrated Neil Gaiman's picture books The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, The Wolves in the Walls, and Crazy Hair. He is a cult figure in the comic book world, and is also a photographer.