Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Rock Paper Scissors Cheese
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Rock Paper Scissors Cheese

Rock Paper Scissors Cheese

By W. Kamau Bell

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Publication Date: October 27, 2026

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Ages 4 to 8

An ordinary game of rock, paper, scissors riotously goes off the rails in this rhyming, rollicking celebration of family and fun from two three-time dads: Peabody and Emmy award-winning producer and stand-up comedian W. Kamau Bell and mega-bestselling author Adam Mansbach.

A bit after lunch
on day eight of the rain
The youngest Bell, Peanut
remembered a game . . .


Sometimes, she thought
nothing else quite delivers
like the old school fun
of rock paper scissors.


But the Bell family doesn't play your grandma's version of the game . . . In their household, paper may beat rock, but what beats paper? Well, cheese, of course!

Join the Bells on a delightful romp with the most chaotic and inventive game of rock, paper, scissors you’ve ever seen! Featuring hilarious illustrations from Breanna Chambers, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Cheese is an infectiously fun rhyming read-aloud about making the best of a boring day stuck indoors. And how, ultimately, any place shared with loved ones can be the best of all.

About the Author

W. Kamau Bell is a Peabody Award-winning and Emmy Award-winning television producer, documentary director, bestselling author, Substacker, part-time activist, stand-up comedian, husband, and dad. He is a two-time New York Times-bestselling author with a chapter in Michael Lewis’ latest book Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service and as the co-author of the book Do The Work!: An Antiracist Activity Book. He is the director of the award-winning documentaries We Need to Talk About Cosby (Showtime) and 1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed (HBO). Kamau is best known for his docuseries United Shades of America (CNN). Currently, Kamau writes weekly on his bestselling Substack, Who’s With Me?

Adam Mansbach
is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Go the F*** to Sleep, as well as the novels Rage is Back, The End of the Jews (winner of the California Book Award), Angry Black White Boy, the national bestseller The Golem of Brooklyn, and the memoir-in-verse I Had a Brother Once. With Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel, he co-authored For This We Left Egypt? and the bestselling A Field Guide to the Jewish People, and his books for young readers include the New York Times bestseller Just Try One Bite and the award-winning Jake the Fake series, co-written with Craig Robinson. His work has appeared in the New Yorker, New York Times Book Review, Esquire, The Believer, The Guardian, and on National Public Radio's All Things Considered, The Moth Storytelling Hour, and This American Life.

Breanna Chambers is the illustrator of The After School Kindness Crew: Pooch on the Loose by Goldie Hawn and Lin Oliver, and her debut graphic novel Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest by Adam Gidwitz. She enjoys making work that emphasizes the intimacy and importance of seemingly small moments, human connection, and the beauty of the mundane. She grew up on the Central Coast of California, and currently resides in Seattle, Washington with her partner and their cat, Mr. Goose.

Format: Hardcover Picture Book

Pages: 32

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Publication Date: October 27, 2026

ISBN: 9781250433701

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