Lovingly illustrated, this wry and gentle fantasy will speak to adults as well as children—and cast the familiar in an astonishing new light.
A tiny Spaceman arrives on a new planet, ready to perform his monotonous tasks—collecting samples, labeling and filing them, and moving on to the next planet. But pausing to look around, the Spaceman is dazzled by the beauty of his surroundings. And when a large bird makes off with his ship, he’s forced to venture out into this new world—planet Earth—on foot.
Marveling at a varied landscape of flowers, butterflies, and other wondrous creatures, he finds a pond to float in and a goofy, slobbery beast who seems to want to be his friend. Could it be that the Spaceman has found a new home? This simple and sophisticated story filled with deadpan humor offers surprises on each lively spread. From a veteran creator comes a delightfully droll story radiating warmth and the wonder of the new, reminding us to look up from our mundane lives and embrace discovery.---from the publisher
40 pages 978-1536226164 Ages 4-8
Keywords: adventure, exploration, wonder, Earth, alien, spacecraft, fun, nature, home, 4 year old, 5 year old, 6 year old, 7 year old, 8 year old
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Oh how lovely. We've all heard of Everyman and now we are meeting Everyalien with whom we can relate and even possibly learn something.
We begin with a small but truly adorable alien who has the job of going from planet to planet to do soil tests. He tests and reports and files on planet after planet until.... yes, until.... one day as he goes off to get a soil sample he is "bewitched, bothered and bewildered" by a lovely flower. So much so that he does not notice when a large being makes off with his spaceship. It flies higher and higher via Air Bird.
What does a wandering alien do when his spaceship has gone amiss? Well, by golly, he is going to search for it and in the doing of the searching he will discover large furry beasts, more flowers, helpful creatures and very possibly ... home.
This wondrous tale delivers us from our ordinary selves to the wondrous place that is all around us. Perhaps we have stopped noticing it. Perhaps we never started noticing it. It's time.
The mind behind this story, Randy Cecil, is quite knowingly beckoning and welcoming us to realize we belong here. We fit in. There are amazing things in this world we call Planet Earth. Our life can be a great adventure accompanied by furry creatures and helpful flying beauties.
I cannot wait to get this into the hands of my youngest grandchild. He will understand. He will see. He will smile and laugh and he will continue on the path his parents have created for him of knowing the outdoors belongs to him just as much as the indoors.
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