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Peanut Butter & Aliens

A Zombie Culinary Tale

by Joe McGee
Charles Santoso
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All is peaceful between the zombies and the humans of Quirkville . . . until an unexpected alien invasion causes widespread panic and chaos! As the aliens run rampant, demanding something mysterious in their alien language and coating the town in cosmic grape jelly when they're not understood, the mayor declares a state of emergency. Once again, Reginald the zombie comes to the rescue, bravely suggesting that the seemingly evil aliens try pairing their jelly with some of his favorite peanut butter. Despite their differences, the residents of Quirkville, the zombies, and the aliens work together to create the greatest sandwich in the universe! Full of lots of humor and heart, this entertaining sequel to Peanut Butter & Brains will satisfy readers who are craving more.

  • Creators

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  • Release date

    December 21, 2019

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781683351467
    Kindle restrictions

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 3.2
    • Lexile® Measure: 540
    • Interest Level: K-3(LG)
    • Text Difficulty: 0-2

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      July 15, 2017
      The follow-up to Peanut Butter & Brains (2015) adds an interstellar element but shows that sandwich snacks can be universal. In the town of Quirkville, living people and the undead enjoy a peaceful cohabitation. But when one-eyed green aliens demanding, "SPLOINK!?" arrive and begin shooting up the town with "cosmic grape jelly," heroes Abigail Zink and zombie Reginald save the day with the only complementary sandwich spread (hint: it's in the title) that will please them. As with the first book, Abigail and Reginald make a winning team, and the zombies are illustrated as cute, if a little stitched-up and gray-blue in skin tone. (Abigail is white, but the other living inhabitants of Quirkville show pleasing diversity.) But what was fizzy and fun in the first book may seem like a loose mishmash (zombies and aliens and food culture) to readers new to the concept. And the aliens themselves lack the charm of the zombies; they're tentacled and Popsicle-shaped with sprouting antennae and potato-shaped blasters, a not-particularly-original imagining. If the aliens seem gimmicky, especially for a story set in Quirkville, the story at least has a feel-good ending free of peanut allergies, which apparently aren't a thing in outer space. Readers of the first book will be pleased with the continuing adventures of Abigail and Reginald, but others may want to pick that volume first or bypass this alien sighting entirely. (Picture book. 3-7)

      COPYRIGHT(2017) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

    • The Horn Book

      January 1, 2018
      Reginald and his fellow friendly zombies (�cf2]Peanut Butter & Brains�cf1]) now coexist peacefully with Quirkville's living citizens. When non-threatening-looking aliens arrive armed with "cosmic grape jelly," the zombies' and humans' taste for PB&J provides a means to diplomacy with the "hangry" extraterrestrials. Outrageous sound effects ("BRAZZAP-SPLAT!"), non-verbal thought balloons, and slapstick visual humor contrast with the played-straight text for a highly silly second outing.

      (Copyright 2018 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
Kindle restrictions

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:3.2
  • Lexile® Measure:540
  • Interest Level:K-3(LG)
  • Text Difficulty:0-2

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