Welcome to the spooky side of Calef Brown's imagination, where things are just as scarily silly as they seem!

It’s a magic night, a silly, spooky scene.

Are you ready for Hallowilloween?

Polkabats and Octopus Slacks: 14 Stories
"Pure mania and inspiration . . . I call it a masterpiece"—Danial Pinkwater, NPR'S Weekend Edition

Flamingos on the Roof
A #1 New York Times Bestseller
"Silly it may be, but all the best kind, prompting the reader to see the world (slightly) askew and to delight in it."—Horn Book

Soup for Breakfast
"A smorgasbord of punditry and weirdness, this collection will remind kids that poetry and pictures

"A modern master of nonsense verse reaches new heights of giddiness with this Halloween-themed collection. . . . Nefariously silly indeed."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Soup for Breakfast

"The acrylic paintings that accompany the poems are done in appropriately vegetal, soupy hues and feature the illustrator’s characteristic childlike perspective and sense of fancy...Brown’s playfulness with language provides food for thought as well as "soup for breakfast."--Kirkus Reviews

"A smorgasbord of punditry and weirdness, this collection will remind kids that poetry and pictures can exist just for kicks."--Publishers Weekly


Flamingos on the Roof

A New York Times Bestseller

"Silly it may be, but all the best kind, prompting the reader to see the world (slightly) askew and to delight in it."--Horn Book


Tippintown: A Guided Tour

"The wackiness and offbeat sophistication push the art from just plain goofy to meaningfully eccentric."—School Library Journal


Dutch Sneakers and Flea Keepers: 14 More Stories

"This follow-up to Brown's Polkabats and Octopus Slacks has the same wacky creativity and energy that made the first book such a delight. . . . The far-out 'plots' and silly pictures will interest younger children but older readers especially will revel in the fanciful possibilities."—School Library Journal