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Product Description Goldie's toaster, supposedly fixed by the toaster man, pops up a galaxy that collapses into a black hole and leaves Goldie and Gus, the next morning, in a world turned inside out. From School Library Journal Grade 1-4?This completely surreal picture book takes a few read-throughs to fully appreciate its way-out humor. Goldie, the house-frau heroine, describes her berserk toaster that just came back from the repair shop. Now, instead of toast, it spits out a galaxy. The woman proceeds to smash the galaxy to shreds, turning it into a black hole, which finally settles in a bumbleberry pie. When husband Gus sits down to a generous serving of pie (in a particularly frightening illustration), the black hole swallows him up, and the house, and the earth! In a final scene, Goldie is just glad there's a warranty on the toaster. If the story is not bizarre enough, combine it with Hillman's imaginative illustrations. Goldie uses a hand drill to make air holes in the pie crust, wears a welder's mask out to the bread oven behind the house, and keeps geese inside. She and Gus use expletives like, "Banzai!" "Mother McCree!" "Oy Vey!" and "Wunderbar!" Some of this book is scary, some of it is zany, but mostly it is just weird.?Lynn Cockett, Nutley Public Library, NJ Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.