Fans of irreverent humor, celebrate! Today is the 60th birthday of writer and wise guy Dave Barry. According to Dave Barry's own web site, "In 1988 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. Many people are still trying to figure out how this happened." It's comments like that that make me snort and look for more Dave Barry to read. Fortunately (if you like this sort of thing), he's been a prolific author. A columnist with the Miami Herald for many years, he has published numerous books, among them:

Dave Barry's money secrets : like, why is there a giant eyeball on the dollar?
Boogers are my beat : more lies, but some actual journalism; illustrations by Jeff MacNelly.
Dave Barry is from Mars and Venus
Dave Barry's Complete guide to guys : a fairly short book
Dave Barry is not making this up; cartoons by Jeff MacNelly.
Stay fit & healthy until you're dead (an oldie but goodie)

He keeps good company, too. One of the intriguing notes in his biography is that "Dave plays lead guitar in a literary rock band called the Rock Bottom Remainders, whose other members include Stephen King, Amy Tan, Ridley Pearson and Mitch Albom. They are not musically skilled, but they are extremely loud."

If you love Dave Barry, you can share his writing with your kids, too. He has collaborated with Ridley Pearson on a series of children's books based on the Peter Pan character: Peter and the Starcatchers, Peter and the Shadow Thieves, Escape from the Carnivale, and the soon-to-be-released Cave of the Dark Wind. I haven't read the children's books myself--if you have, please leave us a note about what you thought of them!