Copyright Date:
2024
Edition Date:
2024
Release Date:
06/04/24
Illustrator:
Alwar, Abhi,
Pages:
167 pages
ISBN:
0-593-37848-2
ISBN 13:
978-0-593-37848-9
Dewey:
Fic
LCCN:
2023042368
Dimensions:
22 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews
An anthropomorphic, superpowered young pancake faces her greatest challenge yet: babysitting.Secretly saving the world as Super Pancake has left Peggy Pancake little time for doing homework. She'll be spending spring break completing a missed assignment. Even worse, her parents have signed her up for a weeklong babysitting job. Her charges, the Mini Muffin quintuplets, leave her exhausted, and after Peggy and the kids stop by her friend Professor Egg's lab, things get even worse. The littlest quintuplet, Minnie, pilfers the professor's doom laser and accidentally turns herself into a mega-sized muffin. Now Super Pancake and her trusty sidekick, Kid Croissant, must save the day once again. It's a fairly straightforward tale, complete with a third-act pep talk from Peggy's pal Stanley Bacon that motivates her and Kid Croissant, but the breakfast foodâthemed characters and setting infuse the story with whimsy and humor. The Pancake family house is shaped like a giant skillet, while their car is a bottle of maple syrup; before sending her off on her babysitting gig, Peggy's mom tells her to "break an egg!" Despite the larger-than-life superheroics and quirky setting, Peggy also contends with more down-to-earth problems, such as wrangling her rambunctious charges and dealing with burnout. Alwar's energetic cartoon illustrations are both action packed and adorable. A quick recap of the first book will make it easy for newcomers to the series to jump right in.Sweet but substantial, just like a balanced breakfast should be. (Graphic fiction. 7-10)
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a . . . pancake? The syrupy superhero of Breakfast Town, Peggy Pancake, is now up against her toughest, scariest obstacle yet: babysitting.
When we last saw our hero Peggy Pancake, she was mastering her newfound superhero abilities and saving her sidekick, Luc Croissant, from the scary clutches of Dr. Evil Breakfast Sandwich and his sinister Henchtoasts. Now, Peggy balances being a superhero with her everyday life--going to school and hiding her crime-fighting identity from her family.
This Spring Break, Peggy has homework to complete: write an instructional "How To" paper. Soon, Peggy's mom volunteers her to babysit six rambunctious mini muffins so she can write about "how to be responsible." That shouldn't be too bad, right? Nothing's worse than an Evil Breakfast Sandwich! Maybe Peggy can even finish her paper...
But Peggy soon learns that she underestimated her responsibility...and created an accidental villian in the process. Can Peggy and Luc save Breakfast Town and all that is dear? Find out in: SUPER PANCAKE AND THE MINI MUFFIN MAYHEM!