Synopses & Reviews
“Spiegelman weaves the science facts into the breezy narrative cleverly and painlessly, and the art...support[s] both the educational elements and the zingy story.” – Booklist
Zig and Wikki land on a planet full of strange creatures like flies, frogs, and raccoons, just when it seems to be lunchtime!
In their hilarious search for a pet, two friends, imagined by Nadja Spiegelman and Trade Loeffler, go on adventures that are out of this world. Young readers learn about nature in our world thanks to the fascinating Wikki’s Fun Facts woven into every twist of the exciting plot. This innovative science-based early reader comic book, filled with bugs and hugs, is sure to please both boys and girls.
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Can Zig and Wikki catch a pet before they become a snack? Zig and Wikki land on a planet full of strange creatures like flies, frogs, and raccoons. They have to capture one for a school assignment, but the animals aren't ready for class - on this new planet, it seems to be lunchtime!
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Zig and Wikki land on a planet full of strange creatures like flies, frogs, and raccoons, just when it seems to be lunchtime! Young readers learn about nature in our world thanks to the fascinating Wikkis Fun Facts woven into every twist of the exciting plot. This innovative science-based early reader comic book is sure to please boys and girls.
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Zig and Wikki land on a planet full of strange creatures like flies, frogs, raccoons - just when it's lunchtime.
About the Author
Nadja Spiegelman, who wrote Zig and Wikkis story, recently graduated from Yale University as an English major. She grew up in New York City where there are few dragonflies and frogs, although there are certainly plenty of houseflies. When she was younger, she loved going to the country, where she collected insects and salamanders and kept them inside her shoe-box bug museum.”
Trade Loeffler, who drew Zig and Wikki, grew up in Livermore, California. Unlike Zig and Wikki, he doesnt believe flies make good pets. But he did like to collect them when he was a kidto feed them to the funnel spiders that lived in a field near his house. Trade now lives in New York City with his wife, Annalisa; son, Clark; and dog, Boo. He is the creator of the all-ages web comic Zip and Lil Bit but Zig and Wikki in Something Ate My Homework was Trades first-ever work in print.