Welcome to Alien School


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When, one morning, Mum calls Albie for school, he really doesn't want to go, He's too busy playing space rescues with his toys. But, when Albie steps into the playground, he quickly realizes that this isn't any old school. It's Alien School and there's a big, shaggy alien heading in his direction! Join Albie as he makes intergalactic friends, enjoys space-ghetti at the school canteen and rides on space scooters - school has never been so much fun!




Welcome to Alien Inn


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Stranded at an inn during a blizzard, Matt enjoys the snow and the time off from school until he learns that the innkeeper and all the other guests are really aliens who have come to Earth to study human life.




If I Were an Astronaut


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Discusses activities astronauts do while they're in space.




Welcome to Our World


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Have you ever changed to a new school? Do you know somebody like Sanjay, who comes from a country far away? How would you feel if you went to a new school in a new country? What would be different there?




Blue Bottle Mystery


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Ben finds an unusual old bottle buried in the school yard, and in a roundabout way it helps Ben and his family find out what is causing some of the persistent problems he has both at home and at school.




Aliens Ate My Homework


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Following the successful repackaging of Bruce Coville’s My Teacher Is an Alien series, great new covers for another popular backlist series from the bestselling author. IT’S THE WEIRDEST ALIEN INVASION EVER! “I cannot tell a lie,” says Rod Allbright. And it’s the truth. Ask him a question and he’s bound to give you an honest answer. Which is why, when his teacher asks what happened to last night’s math assignment, Rod has to give the only answer he can: “Aliens ate my homework, Miss Maloney!” Of course, no one believes Rod this time, so they don’t bother to ask him why the aliens are here. It’s just as well, since he is sworn to silence about their secret mission and the fact that he has been drafted to help them!




How to Grow a Dinosaur


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Albie is a normal little boy who has extraordinary adventures. When he helps his mum in the garden by planting some seeds, he can't quite believe his eyes the next morning. The garden has grown beyond all belief and these are not just any old plants - oh, no - Albie's seeds have grown into great big jurassic jungle! He rushes outside to discover what else has grown - a fantastic mix of real live DINOSAURS! A colourful, funny follow-up to Supermarket Zoo.




Alien Miss


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In her stunning second collection, Carlina Duan illuminates unabashed odes to lineage, small and sacred moments of survival, and the demand to be fully seen "spangling with light." Tracing familial lore and love, Duan reflects on the experience of growing up as a diasporic, bilingual daughter of immigrants, exploring the fraught complexities of identity, belonging, and linguistic reclamation. Alien Miss brings forth beautifully powerful voices: immigrants facing the Chinese Exclusion Act, the first Chinese American woman to vote, and matriarchal ancestors. The poems in this ambitious collection are immersed in the knotted blood of sisterhood, both celebrating and challenging conceptions of inheritance and homeland. I browse through archives full of men and women with long black hair, throwing themselves into the land. thread of grass. thread of immaculate touch. paper son, or paper daughter. my own papers marked with wings, the pointed tip of an eagle's beak. here, I'm made prey. I pledge allegiance. --Excerpt from "Alien Miss Confronts the Author"




Supermarket Zoo


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Everyone knows that going shopping with Mum can be the most boring thing in the world. But, for Albie, one trip to the supermarket opens up a whole new world of fun . . . Because this isn't just any supermarket, it's the supermarket zoo - and with a whole trolley-load of animals on his list, Albie is having a great time in the aisles! Kids will love making lots of new animal friends in this noisy, colourful picture book. Shopping has never been so much fun!




Alien Eraser to the Rescue


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Max's book of observations, drawings, experiments, and inventions now includes thoughts contributed by Alien Eraser, an extraterrestrial being intent on telling humans about his great exploits.