Alien Encounters & Adventures

This week, I am sharing chapter books featuring aliens.  Here are some of my favorites . . .

Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman
While picking up milk for his children's cereal, a father is abducted by aliens and finds himself on a wild adventure through time and space.

Can of Worms by Kathy Mackel
Bullied and unhappy at school, thirteen-year-old Mike, who has always thought that he might be an alien, sends a distress call into space asking to be rescued from the ignorance and cruelty of his life on Earth.

Aliens on Vacation by Clete Barrett Smith
Unhappy at being sent to stay with his grandmother at the inn she operates, The Intergalactic Bed & Breakfast, Scrub discovers that each room is actually a portal to space and the inn's visitors are aliens who are vacationing on Earth.

Space Taxi: Archie Takes Flight by Wendy Mass
On "Take Your Kid to Work Day," eight-year-old Archie discovers that his father drives a space taxi that shuttles aliens from one area of the universe to another.


More Books --
Alien Encounter by Charise Mericle Harper
Alien Feast by Michael Simmons
Alienated by Andrew Auseon
Bongo Fishing by Thacher Hurd
Cakes in Space by Philip Reeve
Escape from Planet Yastol by Pamela F. Service
Froonga Planet by Bryan Fields
Galaxy's Most Wanted by John Kloepfer
Herbert's Wormhole by Peter Nelson
Little Green Men at the Mercry Inn by Greg Smith
The Orphan Army by Jonathan Maberry
Spaceheadz by Jon Scieszka
Willy Maykit in Space by Greg Trine

Check these books out on display at the Arnold Branch through April 7, 2017.

Happy Birthday!

Other than Christmas, one of a child's most favorite days of the year is his or her birthday.  Today I'm sharing chapter books featuring birthdays . . . .

The Big One-Oh by Dean Pitchford
Determined not to be weird all his life like his neighbor, Charley Maplewood decides to throw himself a tenth birthday party, complete with a "house of horrors" theme, but first he will have to make some friends to invite.

The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
On his eleventh birthday Will Stanton discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones, destined to seek the six magical Signs that will enable the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the Dark.

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass
Just before his thirteenth birthday, Jeremy Fink receives a locked box -- set aside by his father before his death five years earlier -- that purportedly contains the meaning of life.


More Books About Birthdays --
The 13th Sign by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb
Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson
The Birthday Ball by Lois Lowry
Celia's Robot by Margaret Chang
A Cool Moonlight by Angela Johnson
Ereth's Birthday by Avi
The Ghosts of Gribblesea Pier by Deborah Abela
Happy Birthday, Mallory! by Laura Friedman
Happy Birthday, Sophie Hartley by Stephanie Green
The Misadventures of the Magician's Dog by Frances Sackett
Savvy by Ingrid Law
The Secret Box by Whitaker Ringwald


These books will be on display at the Arnold Branch through March 27, 2015.