SuitabookWe're off to look for aliens
Colin McNaughton
- Reading
- Try reading together and pause at the different alien encounters to check how your child is finding them. The premise’s shift between Dad’s book and family life gives you a natural stopping point.
- Themes
- Imagined adventure and family: The family use Dad’s newly arrived alien book to embark on an imagined adventure; they are amused when it is revealed as extra-true and about them. The premise plays with the boundary between a made-up adventure and family life.
- Love and family: Dad falls in love with an alien, brings her to Earth, and they have a family. A romantic relationship and the formation of a family are part of the plot.
- Worth knowing
- Some aliens are described as scary, alongside cute and unusual ones. If your child is wary of monster-like creatures, you could look through the pictures together before reading on.