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Gustavson, Adam

The Aliens Do NOT Want to Go Home

40 pp. | Charlesbridge | June, 2025 | Trade ISBN 9781623544942 $17.99
(3) K-3 Many young children and their parents will be able to relate to this picture book about aliens who are not ready to leave. These extraterrestrials “still have to put on their shoes” and “they are busy playing a game.” When they make the argument for a sleepover, spaceships appear and beam them back home. Readers and listeners will enjoy Gustavson’s humorous gauche, watercolor, and digital illustrations that show the mayhem the aliens cause during their stalling techniques.
Reviewer: Marva Anne Hinton

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