Timmy Failure (book series)

Timmy Failure is a children's book series authored and illustrated by cartoonist Stephan Pastis, creator of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine.^[1] The series chronicles the life of a child detective, the eponymous Timmy Failure, who lives with his mother and is often accompanied by a pet polar bear. Pastis has described Timmy as "clueless and arrogant, though bearable given his family situation."^[2] When discussing the impact of his daily comic strip on his writing style in the book series, Pastis noted that the "forced economy" of a short comic strip caused him to realize the value of words, which helped him in crafting the stories in the series.^[2]

The books series inspired a movie based largely on the first book in the series, Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made.^[3]

Books of the Series

There are eight books in the Timmy Failure series:

1. Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made (2013)
2. Timmy Failure: Now Look What You've Done (2014)
3. Timmy Failure: We Meet Again (2014)
4. Timmy Failure: Sanitized for Your Protection (2015)
5. Timmy Failure: The Book You're Not Supposed to Have (2016)
6. Timmy Failure: That Cat Stole My Pants (2017)
7. Timmy Failure: It's the End When I Say It's the End (2018)
8. Timmy Failure: Zero to Hero (2020)