Spaghetti's Ready

“Absolute non-sense!” - Santa

Michael, a father of two, grew frustrated by the lack of children’s books that explore the idea of belief through a secular and critical-thinking lens. When the pandemic paused his career as a documentary filmmaker, he revisited a familiar subject - his 2020 film I, Pastafari, which chronicled followers of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster - for inspiration. His current work seeks to introduce young readers to big ideas about myth, culture, and reason, encouraging them to explore the world with curiosity, skepticism, and open minds.

Geoffry Smalley is an illustrator who lives and works in a green, tucked away corner of North Portland with his wife, 11 year old kid, and a tiny dog that is just one click above a stuffed animal. After receiving his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2002 and working as a gallery artist, muralist, painting and drawing teacher, and art conservator, he realized that making books for children is really what he wants to do when he grows up.