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S n ea k P e ek !
CHRIS GRABENSTEIN
CHRIS
GRABENSTEIN
illustrated
by Brooke Allen
illustrated by
Brooke Allen
Random House
New York
Random House
New York
#WelcometoWonderland
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Gator Tales
I hear he
saved an
entire family!
And their
bucket of
chicken, too!
Fact: Alligators
cannot run fast for
long distances. They
are cold-blooded
and therefore quickly
deplete their energy
reserves. The alligator
in your story could
NOT have transported
you to a golf course
two miles away.
iirefused
refusedto
tolet
letMr.
Mr.Frumpkes
Frumpkeswin.
win.
Oh,
Oh, before
before II forget
forgetquick
quick announcement:
announcement: you
you
guys
guys are
are all
all invited
invited to
to the
the Wonderland
Wonderland Motel
Motel after
after
school
schooltoday.
today.My
Mygrandpa
grandpawants
wantsto
totry
tryout
outhis
hisnew
new
outdoor
outdooriceice-cream
creamdispenser.
dispenser.The
Theice
icecream
creamisisfree,
free,
limit
limitone
oneper
perguest.
guest.
The
Thegroans
groansand
andmoans
moansof
ofmy
myclassmates
classmatesturned
turned
into
into whoops
whoops of
of joy.
joy. Mr.
Mr. Frumpkes
Frumpkes tried
tried to
to restore
restore
order
orderby
bybanging
bangingon
onhis
hisdesk
deskwith
withaatape
tapedispenser.
dispenser.
Were
Werehere
hereto
todiscuss
discusshistory,
history,Mr.
Mr.Wilkie!
Wilkie!Not
Not
free
freeice
icecream!
cream!
But
Buteverybody
everybodyloves
lovesfree
freeice
icecream.
cream.
Thats
Thatsjust
justaacold,
cold,hard
hardfact.
fact.
Unless
Unlessits
itssoftsoft-serve.
serve.
Then
Thenits
itskind
kindof
ofcustardy.
custardy.
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Welcome to Wonderland
When Im done,
well tell everybody
its an exotic Hawaiian
Happy-Stinky Fruit.
Amenities
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15
Hes
Hes my
my cousin,
cousin, said
said the
the Kipster
Kipster helpfully.
helpfully. He
He
loves
loves lobster.
lobster.
Can
Can we
we have,
have, like,
like, seconds?
seconds? asked
asked Porter
Porter MalMalkiel,
kiel, another
another friend
friend from
from school,
school, whod
whod never
never been
been
to
to Canada
Canada and
and didnt
didnt know
know anybody
anybody in
in Maine
Maine but
but
could
could definitely
definitely scarf
scarf down
down iceice-cream
cream cones.
cones.
Help
Help yourself,
yourself, Porter,
Porter, said
said Grandpa.
Grandpa. Its
Its an
an
amenity.
amenity.
Mom
Mom sighed
sighed again
again and
and walked
walked away,
away, mumbling
mumbling
what she
she always
always mumbled
mumbled when
when she
she sighed
sighed twice
twice
what
and walked
walked away:
away: Why
Why do
do II have
have to
to be
be the
the only
only
and
growngrown-up
up in
in this
this family?
family?
dont know
know who
who she
she was
was asking.
asking.
II dont
Or ifif she
she ever
ever got
got an
an answer.
answer.
Or
II was
was too
too busy
busy enjoying
enjoying all
all that
that free
free ice
ice cream
cream
with
with my
my friends.
friends.
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17
Spring Broken
believe it or not, while we were hanging out, scarfing down gallons of free ice cream, Pinky Nelligan
started complaining about Spring Break, the way
he likes to complain about everything.
Its sort of how he earned his nickname. Sometimes when hes moaning and groaning about stuff,
his face turns pink. Like boiled shrimp.
Kids all over America come to Florida for
Spring Break. Where are we supposed to go?
You guys are always welcome here, I told him.
No disrespect, P.T., said Julie Scarboro, but
after you play one hundred rounds of your grandfathers Pirate Petes Putt-Putt course, it sort of
loses its thrill.
All Spring Break means for us, whined Pinky,
is longer lines at McDonalds, longer lines at the
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19
Um, we had
first dibs.
So we could be like Ponce de Len, said Brendan, sounding excited. Only instead of exploring
Florida, we could go explore Nigel Fifteen!
Ponce de Len, groaned Julie. Essay. Yuck.
Gotta go, said Pinky. Schools always trying
to ruin my life.
Yeah, said everybody else.
Thanks for the ice cream, said Brendan. And
tonight when all the stars come out, guess what Im
going to do, P.T.
Make a wish?
Nope. Im gonna wave at your dad!
By five oclock, everybody was goneleaving me
alone with a gurgling ice-cream machine, a trickling waterslide, Grandpas fiberglass rocket ship,
and a made-up story that was starting to seem a lot
more real than my dad ever had.
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25
Pouncing on Ponce
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27
Whats the
Spanish word
for flowers?
Flores.
Duh!
Flores-duh,
I like it!
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29
Welcome to Wonderland
the worlds
motel!
Im P. T. Wilkie, and I know one thing for a
Welcome to Wonderland
BY CHRIS GRABENSTEIN
plan.
#WelcometoWonderland
Chris Grabenstein
pulls out all the stops.
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