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This funny, science-based early reader is packed with fast-paced adventure and facts about poop. What more could a young reader want? Booklist declares that this book, like Zig and Wikki in Something Ate My Homework , "again strikes an effective balance between hijinks and education."
Author Notes
Nadja Spiegelman likes cooking, writing, and decorating her apartment with furniture found on the street. She grew up in New York City, but loves going on vacation to the countryside. Once, when she was very young, a cow mistook her bright yellow dress for a flower and tried to eat her. She's still a little afraid of cows, but she'd like to learn how to milk one.
Trade Loeffler is also the creator of the all-ages web comic Zip and Li'l Bit, and lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, son, and their dog, Boo. Trade grew up in Livermore, California, the home of "the World's Fastest Rodeo," an event complete with bull riding and wild-cow milking. But although he grew up in a "cow town," Trade never considered himself a cowboy - even though he does own two pairs of cowboy boots.
Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 2-3-Zig and Wikki are back in a new adventure. While in space, Zig discovers that his pet fly is sick. With the help of Wikki's information screen, he figures out that the fly misses Earth and would be happiest living on a farm. The two pals travel to Earth and look for the perfect dung patty to make his new home. Somewhere along the way, a cow eats their spaceship, so the pair must travel inside the animal to retrieve it, and when the cow burps it out, they're off. The panels of this eye-catching graphic novel are interspersed with boxes that give information about the digestive system of a cow, as well as how things like dung beetles and soil factor into the planet's ecology. A concluding page with "Wikki's Fun Facts" explains, among other things, that "each day, a cow burps out about 400 times more gas than a human does." Zig and Wikki's familiar odd-couple friendship serves as the framework for this science book in disguise. A humorously educational spin on subject matter that is scientifically important, if slightly gross.-Rita Meade, Brooklyn Public Library, NY (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
In this episode, extraterrestrials Zig and Wikki need to return Zig's pet fly to its proper home--Earth. Seeking the perfect ecosystem, the pair decides the best fit is a farm. Scientific information relevant to their farm adventure pops up periodically on Wikki's computer-screen body. Comedic cartoon panels and small photographs and diagrams combine for an informative yet entertaining package. (c) Copyright 2012. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
The two miniature aliens who had some serious homework problems in Zig and Wikki in Something Ate My Homework (2010) return to our planet in the hopes of saving Zig's pet fly from devastating homesickness. The fly, it seems, is an integral part of the earth's delicate ecological cycle, as is the cow that the two must get eaten by in order to reclaim their accidentally consumed spaceship. Spiegelman again strikes an effective balance between hijinks and education, giving the aliens straightforward but distinct personalities that play well off each other and incorporating an array of ecological facts in a way that flows with the narrative rather than intrudes upon it. Loeffler's art captures animals with a simple realism and aliens with gentle humor, and gives the whole enterprise a breezy zing. The reading level, while on the higher end of the TOON Books spectrum, will not interfere with the fun.--Karp, Jesse Copyright 2010 Booklist
