Your Alien Returns by Tammi Sauer and Goro Fujita with a Fiona Friday pic

I reviewed Your Alien by Tammi Sauer and Goro Fujita in October of 2015 and I absolutely loved it. Who could resist that adorable alien?

In Your Alien, a little green alien comes to earth and has a good time with the little boy pictured on the cover, above, but then the alien begins to miss his family and the boy helps him send a signal to the alien's parents so he can return home. In Your Alien Returns, the alien arrives on Earth to invite his Earthling pal for a play date on his home planet.

The nameless little boy (referred to as "you") asks his parents for permission and goes on the ride of his life to another planet, where he is greeted by the alien's family, offered some snacks -- declining those that stare back -- and the two share toys. They build a fort, go for a ride around the neighborhood, and meet the alien's friends:

Seeing all of them will make you feel a little alienated.

That line made me smile (and this is how I'm sneaking in my Fiona Friday photo). The little boy is completely surrounded by aliens in a variety of colors but all in similar shapes to the boy's alien friend. A few things go wrong but nothing major. Blowing bubbles will make things better. Some of the aliens float around in the bubbles. Then, it's time to go home.

You and your alien will know this won't be good-bye but see you later. 

The book ends with the little boy telling his parents all about his day, and then a final goodbye gift from his alien friend.

Highly recommended - I'm a big fan of aliens and monsters in children's books, especially when the illustrations are well done. You can see from the photo of Fiona checking out Your Alien Returns that the illustrations are colorful, funky, and expressive. Again, the only thing I disliked was the chosen writing style with "you" as the subject. To be honest, that's not important to me, though, so much as the storyline and the illustrations. I absolutely loved this follow-up to one of last year's favorite children's books and can't wait to see what Tammi Sauer comes up with, next!

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Your Alien by Tammy Sauer and Goro Fujita + a Fiona Friday pic

Your Alien by Tammi Sauer, Illustrated by Goro Fujita
Copyright 2015
Sterling Children's - Picture Book 
32 pp.

Your Alien is the story of a little green alien who arrives on Earth, where he befriends a little boy. They have a bit of fun together at home and school, but then the alien appears to be growing sadder. His new human friend discovers the problem when he glances at a family portrait on the wall. The alien is longing for his family.

To help the little alien, the boy turns on all the lights in his house and decorates the outside of his home and yard with so many lights it can be seen from space. This captures the attention of the parent aliens so that they're able to fetch their alien child.

Highly recommended - I loved the sweetness of the story and I'm absolutely crazy about the illustrations. What an adorable little green alien! The only thing I disliked about Your Alien was the chosen tense, which is not my favorite, but the story is so warm and funny that I smiled all the way through the book. I can imagine Your Alien being a hit with the young ones and it's charming enough that I know I wouldn't mind reading it over and over and over again to an eager child.

I received a copy of Your Alien from Sterling Children's Books for review. It came with a little alien button and a bookmark. I'm assuming those were promotional items that don't normally come with the book. I keep the button in a place where I can admire it, I love that little alien so much.

In other news:

A few days of not writing reviews was restorative, so I have no plans to take off, at this point. I am, however, going to participate in National Novel Writing Month. I never know whether that will keep me away from the blog or make me crave writing about something besides my own story, but I hope to make some progress wading through the large stack of children's books beside me. I'd originally intended to have a Children's Day, but so many children's books arrived that I decided there were too many to review in a single day. So, I'll write up the reviews individually, unless I get a sudden urge to review several at once.

It's Friday! Have you hugged your cat, today? Or dog. It's okay if you hug a dog, instead.

Izzy loves my iPad. The newer one doesn't have cat fishing but she's perfectly happy to page around on Facebook, chase clouds on a weather page with a moving background, and sleep on it when she tires of trying to buy things I don't want.

Happy Halloween!

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