Science fiction has
come a long way from Tommy and Margie in ‘The Fun they had’ wondering of a
human teacher to Ryan and Becky in ‘Escape from the Pipemen’, very comfortable
traveling in the space.
The initial
salutations reminded me of yoga poses and an ad with five eyed monsters helped
me imagine the 16 eyed monster. Your entry
into the book will be denied if you do not accept yourself as a from (like muggles of Harry Potter). If you
can leap to become the ‘from’, then joy ride is at your behest.
The different font
for the aliens made the book live like a play. Like the absence of
illustrations, leaving the imagination to work full throttle. After reading the
book, kids can be encouraged to enact part of it, draw their versions of the
characters or design them for Halloween costume.
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