The Boy Who Went To Mars
Written and Illustrated by Simon James
We loved this story! The kids picked up on the use of imagination that the boy used to cope with Mom going on a weekend trip.
Review by Barbara Lowe, Teacher, Mill Creek Elementary
Rating: ★★★★★ (5 stars)
Interest Level: Grades K-3
On the day that Stanley’s mom takes a work trip overnight, Stanley decides to leave planet Earth. But when his spaceship touches down again in the backyard, a young martian crawls out, proclaiming to Stanley’s dad that residents of Mars don’t wash before dinner, eat their vegetables, or brush their teeth. It just so happens that martians tend to act out in school, too. . . . With whimsy and sympathy for a familiar dilemma, Simon James ushers us into the coping fantasies of an imaginative, sensitive kid — and shares the pleasure of his sheepish reunion with a most accepting family.
-Publisher
The Boy Who Went To Mars
Written and Illustrated by Simon James
Candlewick Press
32 pages
Release Date: November 20, 2018
A review copy was provided by the publisher.
