Check out these titles featuring aliens and other strange creatures!
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There's an alien in your book
by Tom Fletcher
Encourages the reader to shake, tilt, and wiggle the book in an effort to launch the alien back into space, because aliens do not belong on Earth--or maybe they do.
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The night the stars went out
by Suz Hughes
Alien is very small, but it is his job to shine all the stars and make sure they keep shining, and he has no time for anything else, so when the stars go out one night he is desperate to find the solution, a quest that takes him to Earth.
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Nerp!
by Sarah Lynne Reul
A child and a pet of indiscriminate species, both picky eaters, approach a mealtime with apprehension that is conveyed through laugh-out-loud nonsense dialogue and riotous facial expressions, before the two decide on a creative solution.
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This is not a dragon party
by Mike Flaherty
What happens when your birthday celebration turns wild with a crazy dragon pool party, a raucous all-knight karaoke festival, AND a tea and crumpets rumpus with ogres? You may think that's fun, but the birthday girl definitely does NOT--until she chases away all the unruly guests and realizes that everything is . . . absolutely, totally boring. Can she find a way to bring back her new friends, get the party started again, and save her birthday?
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Baby dragon, baby dragon!
by Melissa Marr
A high-energy baby dragon who wreaks havoc throughout the kingdom with his swooping and soaring makes friends with a dauntless little girl before the pair embark upon an exciting journey of running, racing, climbing, exploring and finally settling down for a shared quiet moment.
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Dear dragon
by Josh Funk
A picture book in verse about looking past external differences to develop new friendships follows the story of George and Blaise, who exchange letters when assigned to one another as pen pals and learn that they have many shared interests before discovering that one of them is a boy and the other a dragon.
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You don't want a unicorn!
by Ame Dyckman
Tossing a coin into a well while wishing for a pet unicorn, a little boy is astonished to discover that unicorns are terrible pets that shed, poke holes in the ceiling and make awful messes.
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Kevin the unicorn : it's not all rainbows
by Jessika Von Innerebner
Follows the laugh-out-loud experiences of a unicorn whose perfectionistic standards challenge him to keep smiling on a day when everything goes wrong.
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A busy creature's day eating
by Mo Willems
A book rendering of the popular alphabet primer finds a mercurial Busy Creature uproariously chomping and chewing through his ABCs.
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How to catch a mermaid
by Adam Wallace
Four children set out to capture a mermaid, but she manages to escape all of their traps.
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