Hot Dog and Bob and the Seriously Scary Attack of the Evil Alien Pizza Person: Adventure #1

By L. Bob Rovetch and Dave Whamond

Bob is just an ordinary boy with ordinary friends who goes to an ordinary school, each and every day. But this is no ordinary day. Today when Bob opens his lunch box, he finds Hot Dog—a real, live, talking hot dog! Hot Dog says he's from another planet. He's here to save Earth. And—gulp—he needs Bob's help! Full of humor, quirky characters, brief fast-paced chapters, and funny black-and-white illustrations on each page, Hot Dog and Bob is sure to be welcomed by beginning readers.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Chronicle Books Digital
• Release date: Oct 12, 2012
• ISBN: 9781452123547

L. Bob Rovetch

L. Bob Rovetch has written several books for children including Ook the Book, published by Chronicle Books, under the moniker Lissa Rovetch. L. Bob lives with her family in California.

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Chapter 1

Hearing Voices

The day I met Hot Dog was just like every other day at Lugenheimer Elementary School. Right up until lunchtime, that is.

Yum! A cookie, salami, french fry and banana sandwich with chocolate syrup, ketchup and mayo, said my best friend, Clementine.

You make the grossest sandwiches, I said.

They’re not gross, said Clementine. "They’re creative. Maybe you should try being a little more creative with your lunch sometime, Bob."

No, thanks, I said. I’m happy with my—

Yeah, yeah, don’t tell me, said Clementine. Your peanuts and pizza. You’ve had the exact same lunch every single day since first grade. I just don’t get why you won’t ever try anything new.

Some people like new stuff, and some people like the same stuff, I explained. I’m a samestuff kind of a guy. Besides, peanuts are cool. And pizza? Well, just one slice of pepperoni pizza contains—

I know, I know, Clementine interrupted me again. Exactly blah-blah vitamins and blahblah minerals and blah-di-boring-blah, blah, blah!

Our friend Marco laughed so hard that milk came squirting out of his nose.

On top of being a same-stuff kind of a guy, I guess you could say I’m also a useless-facts kind of a guy. I remember all kinds of useless stuff, like how many teeth great white sharks have (about 3,000). And how much of the Earth is covered by deserts (about one-fifth). My parents say I have a memory like an elephant. I say that’s why I always need to keep plenty of peanuts handy.

Right about then, somewhere between Marco’s nose squirting

Reviews for Hot Dog and Bob and the Seriously Scary Attack of the Evil Alien Pizza Person

[jjohlend · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Bob's normal day at school turns disastrous when a talking alien hot dog shows up saying he is here to save the day... and then the evil alien Pizza Face starts turning all the students into pizza slices! This is a simply told story with lots of illustrations that look like they are from a Nickelodeon cartoon. The thought seems to be that disgusting is funny. There is lots and lots of disgusting, but not much of it is actually funny. There is also no explanation of where the evil alien came from, and one of the major plot point is unexplained... and the book ends with a "to be continued" when they are going to ask why. There are some who will find all of this oozing and eating and barfing funny, but my guess is that it is an immature minority.