There's an Alien in Your Book

by Tom Fletcher, Greg Abbott (Illustrator)

Overview

LOOK OUT! An adorable ALIEN has crash-landed in YOUR book. Get ready for another lively, interactive read-aloud in the Who's In Your Book series!

Readers will enjoy jiggling, bouncing, and turning their book around as they try to launch Alien back up into space—because aliens don't belong on Earth...do they? Packed full of interactive fun, with a gentle message about openness, acceptance, and inclusion that will speak to the very youngest readers.

Bestselling author and musician Tom Fletcher and illustrator Greg Abbott have once again created a creature that readers will fall in love with—and want to play with—again and again!

Don't miss a single story in the Who's In Your Book series!

There's a Monster In Your Book

There's a Dragon In Your Book

There's an Elf In Your Book

There's an Alien in Your Book

...and more books to come!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593125120
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	06/30/2020
Series:	Who's In Your Book?
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	241,754
Product dimensions:	10.10(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile:	AD490L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

TOM FLETCHER is one of the UK's bestselling authors for children and creator of the incredibly successful Who’s In Your Book? picture-book series. His first book The Christmasaurus was the biggest debut middle-grade novel of 2016, and The Creakers was a number one bestseller. The Dinosaur That Pooped picture books, written with his bandmate Dougie Poynter, have sold over a million copies. For older readers, Tom co-authors the Eve of Man series with his wife, Giovanna Fletcher. Tom's books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages and counting.

GREG ABBOTT is an illustrator and graphic designer. He created the adorable illustrations for There's a Monster in Your Book, There's an Elf in Your Book, and There's a Dragon in Your Book. In addition to children's books, Greg has created apparel, prints, toys, greeting cards, and other merchandise. He lives in West Sussex, England. Visit him on Tumblr at gregabbott.tumblr.com.

Editorial Reviews

06/01/2020

PreS-K—An alien has crash landed into this title. In the tradition of interactive read-alouds like Hervé Tullet's Press Here comes this follow-up to There's a Monster in Your Book and There's a Dragon in Your Book by British duo Fletcher and Abbott. Following many of the same prompts as in the previous books, readers are asked to blow on a page, jiggle the book, and make loud noises, all to help the poor alien get back into space. Digital illustrations aim to evoke a three-dimensional effect, emulating torn paper and smoke in several of the spreads. The cute, but sticky, big-eyed Alien, is fun to follow, and Monster makes an appearance helping Alien get his spaceship fixed and back in flight. The text uses various fonts and sizes, emphasizing actions for the readers to take, and the cues are clear for when the book must turned upside down, where to focus, and when and how to turn the page. VERDICT Though not original in concept or execution, this title will make for a fun story hour or one-on-one reading.—Danielle Jones, Multnomah County Lib., OR

School Library Journal

2020-02-18
Earth friends are easy to make for this roly-poly, extraterrestrial cutie.

Fletcher pens the fourth in his interactive book series, this time invading his pages with a crash-landed ET. At first readers are encouraged to tell the space being to shove off, but pretty quickly it becomes clear that it’s just too adorable to send away like that. Mostly yellow, it looks like nothing more than a smiley face with antennae, its oversized head occupying more volume than its trunk, arms, legs, and tail combined. The undersides of its hands, feet, and tail are bright green. Repairing its damaged spaceship is out of the question, and attempts to launch it into space by having readers bounce, turn, and lift the book are fruitless. Does it belong here? Well, when readers stop to consider all the creatures that live on this planet (including a cameo by the author in the art), we can recognize that “we’re all weird and wonderful.” So the alien stays and even makes a friend with the star of There’s a Monster in Your Book (2017). The story makes mild overtures toward the idea of embracing our differences no matter our appearance, but that’s all superseded by the interactive elements. By now the series is treading familiar ground, but fans will find the combination of cute creatures and gentle moralizing a comfort.

Not exactly out of this world but a pleaser just the same. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews

Readers are asked to blow on a page, jiggle the book, and make loud noises, all to help the poor alien get back into space. . . . This title will make for a fun story hour or one-on-one reading.” —School Library Journal

“Fans will find the combination of cute creatures and gentle moralizing a comfort.” —Kirkus Reviews

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