The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra
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Publisher Description
With its hilarious dialogue, trio of bumbling goats, and fantastically zany villain, this unique, laugh-out-loud story based on a legendary monster is sure to crack up kids and grown-ups alike.
Like most goats, Jayna, Bumsie, and Pep’s greatest fear is being eaten for dinner by the legendary chupacabra—it’s common knowledge that goats are a chupacabra’s favorite food! One night, tired of living in fear, the impetuous goats whip out their trusty candelabra and head off to find the beast and scare it away before it can find them. Little do they know that candelabras are the chupacabra’s third-favorite food . . . and he isn’t about to stop there. This chupacabra has quite the appetite, and the goats are in for a big surprise!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Nobleman (Boys of Steel) introduces a comic trio three goats named Pep, Bumsie and Jayna who debate the best way to handle the goat-eating chupacabra that lurks atop a nearby hill. Jayna, the bravest, proposes a pre-emptive attack: "There's lots of us and only one of him." Bumsie is anxiety-ridden: "W-what does the chupacabra eat for b-breakfast?" ("Goats," Jayna replies.) And Pep's a realist: "No veggies?" They meet the monster soon enough, and though they succeed in temporarily distracting it with other objects to devour (candelabras! cucarachas!), the moment of truth arrives as the chupacabra reveals its favorite food which does indeed start with "goat." References to Latin American food and culture appear throughout ("The whole chimichanga," says the chupacabra, and Pep corrects, "You mean the whole enchilada' "), and debut illustrator Aranda's vibrant mixed-media artwork amplifies the book's cross-cultural brand of humor; her chupacabra, with its beady nose, spiky purple ears, and lovely flowered hide, wouldn't threaten a cat (although it throws a scary shadow). Readers will be sorry when this one is over. Ages 5 8. Illustrator's)
