Zilot & Other Important Rhymes

By Bob Odenkirk, Illustrated by Erin Odenkirk

“Better Call Saul” and “Breaking Bad” actor Bob Odenkirk demonstrates a true gift for capturing the delightful idiosyncrasies of children in Zilot & Other Rhymes.

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Review of ‘Zilot & Other Important Rhymes’

Syrup is poured “on Jeff ’s couch / to make it a little sweeter”; goodbyes are bid at bathtime to “the jam ’twixt my toes”; and a “car runs on turkey baloney, / carrot and broccoli stew.” This is the impish world of Zilot & Other Important Rhymes. In this collection of over 70 poems,…

Interview with Bob Odenkirk

During the COVID-19 pandemic—and later, while Bob was filming the last season of “Better Call Saul”—the Odenkirks imagined the world from a child’s perspective as they revised poems written decades earlier.

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