The Lunchroom of Doom : Ready-for-Chapters #2 - Hardcover

Daniel Pinkwater, probably the funniest man in North America and definitely the funniest commentator on National Public Radio, has written many books for adults and children. Have you read The Hoboken Chicken Emergency? He wrote that. Have you read Huckleberry Finn? He didn't write that. Jill Pinkwater, probably the most incredible woman in North America, has written and illustrated many books for children, including The Hoboken Chicken Emergency. She lives with the author in Hyde Park, New York, and she doesn't seem to mind.

Gr. 3-4. The Watson Elementary School's Werewolf Club weathers an identity crisis in its second adventure. Since Billy Furball's banning from the school lunchroom, he and his werewolf clubmates Lucy Fang, Ralf Alfa, and Norman Gnormal repair to Honest Tom's Tibetan-American Lunchroom for midday meals with assorted clientele, including sailors, midgets, Vikings, and an occasional space alien. Billy also has to see a psychiatrist, who insists so strongly that werewolves don't exist that Billy and his friends are convinced that the fur, fangs, and claws they sprout under the full moon are imaginary. Fortunately, even psychiatrists can be wrong, for, as it turns out, only the Werewolf Club stands between humanity and an invasion of evil, giant meatballs from another planet. Using "magic marker, pen, and imported European wolf spit," Jill Pinkwater adds plenty of pictures to this easy chapter book, giving the club members doggy looks and showing concern for more delicate sensibilities by substituting a peaceful scene with bunnies and flowers for the climactic feeding frenzy. Three cheers for the Werewolf Club; readers with a preference for serious themes and rational plots need not apply. John Peters
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