Welcome to Suvudu, Lunch Lady. It’s a pleasure to have you here with us. We know you’re, uh, a very “busy” woman, so we’ll try to keep these questions to the point.
Suvudu: How did you get started in the Lunch business? Was it a calling? A second career? A way to mask a secret identity?
Lunch Lady: Oooh! Thank you! The pleasure is all mine! Nope, not my second career, I’ve wanted to work in a cafeteria ever since I was a little girl. I’ll never forget the lunch ladies that I had as a kid and if I could even be a fraction of what they were to me to my kids today–well then my life will be fulfilled! And no secret identity here! Unless you count my obsession with reality cooking shows a secret!
Suvudu: There have been reports of some very strange goings on at your school, Ms. Lunch Lady. In fact, we have uncovered reports that seem to suggest some highly unusual, shall we say, utensils were employed to hold back these odd dangers. What have you seen in your time at the school and what has your involvement in these strange cases been?
Lunch Lady: Well, we live in a very scary world, but I haven’t been aware of too many odd things happening around Thompson Brook. We did just recently hire a new science teacher and a new librarian. Don’t know what happened to the old ones, they always seemed like such nice people! I do keep some unusual utensils around my cafeteria, but I think all cafeterias have them–it’s a little something called a spork, half spoon, half fork. Pretty crazy, huh? But I guess I have seen some odd things in my day. Mrs. Palonski, the art teacher is a bit nutty. She talks to her clay pots. And that author we had in was a bit off. He refused my chocolate chip cookies! Who does that? And he refused to sign Hector’s book because it was ripped. Hmpph! What a hard boiled egg!
Suvudu: You see, the reason we ask has to do with a leaked document that we found…HERE!
As you can see, this document which Suvudu has obtained through a group calling themselves the “Breakfast Bunch” demonstrates a variety of non-lethal, but highly effective weapons and tools made from common kitchen staff utensils. How do you explain these extraordinary findings?
Lunch Lady: Ha ha. Oh, you know. Kids. Those, those kids have quite the imagination! Hector is always inventing things and Terrence likes to draw some. And that Dee, she’s always up to no good. There’s some pretty fantastical things you’ve got there. Nunchucks made of fish sticks?! HA! So silly. So, so . . . silly.
Suvudu: Very well, Lunch Lady. Just one last question before you go: what’s on the menu for today? Is it meatloaf with a side of justice salad?!
Lunch Lady: It’ll be a knuckle sandwich with a side of cries if you publish that document, now give it to me!!!! HIYAAAH!!!
*BOOF!*
*POW!*
More Lunch Lady Blog Tour
Be sure to check out Jarrett’s next stop on his blog tour: http://bkfaerie.blogspot.com.
While you’re at it, why not also check out Jarrett’s blog, where you can find previous stops on the tour featuring interviews and original articles by the author: The JJK Blog
“If kids walk away from my books with anything, I hope they have enjoyed reading the books and will be encouraged to read, draw, and create.”–Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Jarrett J. Krosoczka is the author-illustrator of Good Night, Monkey Boy; Baghead; Annie Was Warned; Max for President; and the Lunch Lady books. The author lives in Boston, MA.
To learn more about Jarrett, his books, other projects, play games, or find other cool goodies, check out his website: http://www.studiojjk.com/
Congrats Jarrett (and Lunch Lady)
Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute has been nominated for the Will Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids!
Find out more here: Suvudu’s Eisner Shakedown: Best Publication for Kids
Haven’t we met before…?
Jarrett stopped by at the end of last year during our Kids Graphic Novel Week and told us a story about how the Lunch Lady stories came to be before dropping off another downloadable goodie (which you can also find on his site). Check it out here: Kids’ Graphic Novel Week: LUNCH LADY
Finally, we serve up our own dollop of whollop with this free sample of the Eisner-nominated Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitutes in the widget to the right. Enjoy!
