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Zombie and Brain Are Friends
- Narrator
- Callan Friesen
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 3 February 2026
- Run Time
- 9 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
An instant New York Times bestseller!
Gustavo, the Shy Ghost meets Zombie in Love in this story about a young zombie who must decide: Are brains friends…or food?
Zeb comes from a family of farmers—zombie farmers. Each week they pickle, bake, fry, and sell their grain-fed, free-range brains to be enjoyed by the masses. Zeb understands that brains are food, not pets…until one day he comes across the tiniest, pinkest, squishiest brain he ever did see! Can he convince his parents that his brainy bestie is better off as a member of the family than family dinner?
This irresistibly adorable picture book is the perfect read aloud for Halloween season and beyond, and is sure to be a spooky staple for young readers.
Critics Review
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Irresistibly cute. . . . A cuddly “Can I keep it?” tale with a silly, flesh-eating twist.
Kirkus Reviews
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Lucianovic peppers her variation on the “Can I keep it?” genre with sly humor . . . while Cham’s depictions of offbeat locavore culture are sweetly ghoulish.
Publishers Weekly
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Delightfully strange…. Readers will find themselves charmed.
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Details
- Author
- Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic, illustrated by Laan Cham
- Narrator
- Callan Friesen
- Duration
- 9 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 February 2026
- ISBN
- 9781547621392
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Picture storybooks, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Zombies, ghosts and the undead, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Synopsis
Bloomsbury presents Zombie and Brain Are Friends by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic, read by Callan FriesenAn instant New York Times bestseller!Gustavo, the Shy Ghost meets Zombie in Love in this story about a young zombie who must decide: Are brains friends…or food? Zeb comes from a family of farmers—zombie farmers. Each week they pickle, bake, fry, and sell their grain-fed, free-range brains to be enjoyed by the masses. Zeb understands that brains are food, not pets…until one day he comes across the tiniest, pinkest, squishiest brain he ever did see! Can he convince his parents that his brainy bestie is better off as a member of the family than family dinner?This irresistibly adorable picture book is the perfect read aloud for Halloween season and beyond, and is sure to be a spooky staple for young readers.
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