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Lincoln and Hudson Dupré are brothers with what grown-ups call “active imaginations”. Link and Hud hunt for yetis in the Himalayas and battle orcs on epic quests. Unfortunately, their imaginary adventures wreak havoc in their real world. Dr. and Mrs. Dupré have tried every babysitter in the neighborhood and are at their wits’ end. Enter Ms. Joyce: strict and old-fashioned, she proves to be a formidable adversary. The boys don’t like her or her rules and decide she’s got to go. Through a series of escalating events—told as high-action comic panel sequences—the brothers conspire to undermine Ms. Joyce and get her fired. When they go so big that even Ms. Joyce can’t fix it, suddenly she’s out. Finally, success! Or is it? With warm and authentic humor, creators Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey have blended prose and graphic novel-style illustrations to craft a unique and subversive new series full of brotherly mischief and mayhem.

Lincoln and Hudson Dupré are ready for their summer holiday to the coast. The ocean is perfect for their escapades but when their dad cuts their trip short, it seems like the end of Link and Hud’s aquatic adventures—until they run into the ultra-competitive Donaldson brothers, who are on the local swimming team. The Sharks and Coach Strickler will do anything to win and they’re not welcoming. Well, if Link and Hud can’t join the Sharks, they’ll set up their own “swimming team”, with events like deep-sea treasure hunting and supersonic water walking. When Coach Strickler tries to shut down their team, Link and Hud and their Mighty Minnows must outswim and outsmart the Sharks to keep the fun afloat.

Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey have been making stuff together since 1981. Their books include their author-illustrator debut, The Old Truck, which received seven starred reviews, was named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly, and received the Ezra Jack Keats New Author Honor. Other books they’ve created include The Old Boat and the forthcoming holiday companion, The Old Sleigh; the Caldecott Honor-winning There Was a Party for Langston written by Jason Reynolds; Somewhere in the Bayou; and The Last Stand written by Antwan Eady. When he’s not making books, you might find Jarrett fishing on a river somewhere or tinkering under the hood of his new old F100. Jerome studied graphic design at the Art Institute of Austin and has worked as a technical writer, freelance graphic designer, and illustrator. Since 2016, he has been a graphic designer at The Walt Disney Company. Both brothers work and live in Austin, TX, with their families.

A laugh-out-loud chapter book series for readers ages 8 to 12

Link + Hud: Heroes by a Hair

Meet Link and Hud—two brothers causing chaos in an illustrated chapter book from real-life brothers Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey!

“Full of Black boy joy, brother love, and silliness.” —Book Riot

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Link + Hud: Sharks & Minnows

Link and Hud are back with more mischief and mayhem in this epic summer adventure!

“Imaginative and humorous.” —The Horn Book Magazine

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