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K-3
Illustrated by
David Small.
This sequel to Company's Coming is, if anything, funnier than the first. The benign visitors from outer space want earthlings Moe and Shirley to cater their sister's wedding on Nextoo, which is located--wait for it--"next to Uranus." The broadly humorous, blithely innocent story is supported by the lighthearted illustrations, which are as funny in their juxtapositions of outlandish events and the everyday-ness of the characters' behavior as the text.