Lunchbox and the Aliens

Lunchbox felt odd. He wondered how he had known how to open the place where all the yummy stuff was kept. He wondered why he seemed to know so much about these strange animals he was with.

He wondered how he knew he was wondering. Lunchbox is your average basset hound round, floppy, and not too bright . .

. until he's abducted by aliens. Then he suddenly becomes a lean, mean, garbage-machine-making, uh, machine. Frazz and Grunfloz, the hapless aliens who abducted Lunchbox, have set him the task of converting Earth's trash into froonga, a food adored by aliens and dogs alike.

Will Lunchbox and his boy, Nate, solve the world's garbage crisis and form the first interplanetary alliance? Or will the fate of the whole solar system come to rest on whether Lunchbox can ever learn to catch a Frisbee?

W. Fields grew up with basset hounds and saw a UFO when he was ten. He lives in Denton, Texas with his extremely patient wife and five genius children.

The adventures of Lunchbox the dog continue in his next book,Froonga Planet, available in Fall 2008 from Henry Holt. Kevan Atteberry has been illustrating since he was knee-high to a crayon. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.