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Peanutbutter & Jeremy's Best Book Ever

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Cartoonish James Kochalka's are a delight. They juxtapose the naive kitty Peanut Butter and the obnoxious, untrustworthy crow Jeremy.

Even though she's just a normal sleepy housecat, Peanut Butter has delusions of being an office worker filing papers on the Flumdummer account. She's prone to wearing hats and ties.

Jeremy is the hateful crow that lives in a nest outside Peanut Butter's window. Jeremy will do anything to steal a hat. In their first meeting, he tricks Peanut Butter into buying his nest with a "million dollar view" for a million dollars. When she protests that she doesn't have any dollars, he throws a fit.

Some scenes can be mildly disturbing -- like the incident where Jeremy offers to help Peanut Butter remove her hat that's stuck over her eyes by shooting her with a handgun. Luckily, she escapes unharmed.

I particularly like one-page introductions that Kochalka has drawn to introduce each story. For the longest story, Peanut Butter warns that maybe you should pee before you start it. Jeremy adds, "If you're a baby!"

It's really just impossible to describe the unique appeal of this book. Use the "Search Inside" to get a peek.

Here's a graphic novel that is a lot of fun and is appropriate for younger kids! Peanutbutter is a cat with a job--she often "works" at filing papers, sorting accounts and general office management for her "boss." Jeremy is a crow who lives outside Peanutbutter's house...er..."office"--he's mean and crude, but Peanutbutter calls him her best friend. Both are typical representations of the creatures they portray, but they also have their own personalities. The book is divided into several short stories, with Peanutbutter and Jeremy introducing each one. The black and white drawings are simple and expressive, and the text is easy to read and page design is easy to follow. Recommended especially for cat lovers!

Peanut Butter and Jeremy, a classic story of an overtly sweet cat befriending a bitter crow. I love this book, it is charming and silly. James Kochalka does some of his best work through cats.

This is book was not written for children. I was appalled by another parent's warning, "Don't be fooled by the cute cat on the cover and get this book for your child." People who buy books for their kids based on the cover are just as bad as people who take six year olds to see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (just because they think it's a kid's book). As a parent, I think it's shameful the way some people go on auto pilot then get offended by what their children are exposed to. Your JOB is to know what your kids are reading, watching, doing. That's your JOB.

Anyway, sorry to everyone else. This book is great. It's light and refreshing and makes me happy to be alive.

This is one book that made me very intensely happy. It's absolutely charming, and I'd reccomend it to anyone! The characters are perfect, the style is good, and it's widely establish that Kochalka really knows how to do comics. I'd love to see a sequel.

James Kochalka is one of those rare cartoonists whose stories resonate with all readers, regardless of age!

Okay, so maybe I didn't cry but I did laugh! Following the adventures of the business cat peanut butter (or peanut bottom as she is refered to by Jeremy) and the very greedy and hat-obsessed cat is quite amuzing. This book is original and absurd and I love it on that level, but also because it's light and addicting. Highly recommended!

I adore this book. It's, well, adorable. And it also has a really great message at the end.

I've bought, like, a dozen copies of this book already, and I hand them out like Bibles. I'm sad to see that the book seems to be out of print. I need to stock up!

THIS BOOK IS NOT FUNNY. I read a lot of comics such as Calvin and Hobbes,Captain Underpants, and the Far Side series . But if this is PB and Jeremy's best,I don't even want to lay eyes on their worst. Anyway, it's about this really sweet cat who wants to make friends with this crow. The crow is mean and insults the cat. I suggest if you love cats very much,(and love to laugh)not to read this book.

My 8 year old son checked this book out in the children's section of our library. I read several of the stories and was horrified, especially when I found out my son had already read the whole thing, thinking it would at some point be funny, redeeming, or something. It wasn't. This is not appropriate for children. So, then, how does it rate as a dark humor comic for adults? It's pretty sad in that department also. It's neither well drawn nor humorous. I guess Mr. Kochalka has gained some sort of cult following for a publisher to keep paying him to draw this mindles drivel, but I fail to see what could possibly interest anyone. If I had to take a guess, I would have thought that Mr. Kochalka was a really dark, disturbed 13 year old boy doodling crude comics during class to pass the time until he could drop out of school. It takes that sort of mentality to have a crow threatening a cat with a handgun. I didn't notice much plot or story line to redeem the crude drawing, either. Buyer beware, and please, don't get it for your kids just because there's a cute cat on the cover.