Aliens for Dinner

by Stephanie Spinner

  “Most certainly not!” snapped the little alien. “And I expect you to use it with the utmost care! Remember that it will only cause brainlock for eight Earth minutes. And for Gazook’s sake, remember how expensive it is! Save it for an emergency! I am not talking about a pop quiz, either!”

  “Okay, okay,” said Richard. Sometimes the way Aric read his mind was really embarrassing.

  Suddenly the little alien started to fade. He raised a hand in farewell.

  “Aric! Good-bye!” said Richard. “And thank you! Thank you for everything!”

  “It was good to see you, Richard,” said Aric, disappearing fast. “It is always good to see you.”

  And then he was gone.

  About the Author

  STEPHANIE SPINNER is the author of many books for children, including Aliens for Breakfast and Aliens for Lunch, which she wrote with her friend Jonathan Etra. She lives in New York City— “where there are lots of aliens,” she insists, “especially the kind who say things twice.”

  About the Illustrator

  STEVE BJÖRKMAN has been drawing since he was a boy, usually during class at school, but only when the teacher was boring. Some teachers told him it would never get him anywhere, but it did. Now he gets to draw for advertising, children’s books, and greeting cards. He lives with his wife, three kids, a dog, cat, and hamster in Irvine, California.

  Text copyright © 1994 by Stephanie Spinner. Illustrations copyright © 1994 by Steve Björkman. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Spinner, Stephanie.

  Aliens for dinner / by Stephanie Spinner ; illustrated by Steve Björkman.

  p. cm.

  “A Stepping Stone book.”

  SUMMARY: Aric the alien returns to Earth to help Richard Bickerstaff save the world from an invasion of Dwilbs, pollution loving aliens who want to turn the planet into a toxic theme park.

  eISBN: 978-0-307-75695-4

  [1. Extraterrestrial beings—Fiction. 2. Science fiction—Fiction.]

  I. Björkman, Steve, ill. II. Title.

  PZ7.S7567A1 1994 [Fic]—dc20 93-47105

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