This is an Em Querido book Published by Levine Querido www levinequerido com info levinequerido com Levine Querido is distributed by Chronicle Books LLC Text copyright 2019 by Maranke Rinck Illustrations copyright 2019 by Martijn van der Linden Translation copyright 2021 by Nancy Forest-Flier Originally published in the Netherlands by Querido All rights reserved Library of Congress Control Number 2020937501 ISBN 978-1-64614-040-4 Printed and bound in China Published in April 2021 First Printing Book design by Patrick Collins The text type was set in Fresco Normal Martijn van der Linden drew the illustrations for this book with a 2B pencil on 300 gsm paper while eating a mix of salty and sweet popcorn
it all starts when something happens in THE AMERICAN MIDWEST
Mega grow danger Bill's Popcorn Farm In the middle of the night Farmer Bill sneaks outside He looks around once or twice Then he runs to the cornfield on tiptoe He pulls a little bottle from his pocket and twists off the cap Boy does it stink It smells like rotten eggs And burnt plastic 2
It sinks into the ground where it fizzes and sputters Bill is pleased He holds his nose This stuff is super-illegal He had to pay a lot of money for it No wonder it stinks Grow Bill whispers to his corn plants And so they do 3
