The Day the Mustache Took Over

Gr 3–6—Twin boys Nathan and David have successfully terrorized every nanny they've ever had—each poor caregiver has fled the Wolfhardt home. The siblings have achieved this feat 347 times…or was it 734? Their parents are convinced that nobody can handle the boys, and no agency in town will send them a new babysitter. When all seems lost, brilliantly mustachioed Martin Healey Discount shows up at their door. Affectionately called "Murray Poopins" by the siblings, Martin lays down the law as soon as he enters the house, at least until the boys' parents depart (issuing the threat that if Martin leaves, the family ski trip will be canceled). With the parents out of the house, Martin becomes as big a slacker as the boys, all the while using a seemingly indifferent attitude to teach them about personal responsibility. The humor in the book will certainly appeal to fans of Jeff Kinney's "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" (Abrams) and Lincoln Peirce's "Big Nate" (HarperCollins), and Easler's illustrations add to the hilarity.