Alien Invaders:Invasores Extra - Hardcover

Cooper, Lynn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0972497390 ISBN 13: 9780972497398

Publisher: Raven Tree Press, 2005

Synopsis

A curious child compares small garden creatures to what he knows of space invaders. Full text in both English and Spanish.

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About the Author

Translating a lifelong fascination with bugs onto the page was easy for Lynn Huggins-Cooper. Lynn grew up poking through the gardens and combing the beaches of Sussex, England looking for the bizarre and the beautiful in the form of insects. So, one could say she began researching and writing Alien Invaders / Invasores extraterrestres during her childhood.

Lynn graduated from the London School of Economics / Northumbria University with a BA in Criminal Justice, and has earned her postgraduate certification in education. These credentials coupled with her environmental consciousness have led her on such exciting enterprises as working with prisoners in a bail hostel and working as a wildlife ranger at a marine reserve. Her fascination with the natural world, from garden to seashore, has led her to spend her spare time building ponds and wildlife gardens for her family and local schools.

Reviews

Grade 1-3–Think of aliens as little green men? Think again. The narrator of this book, a jug-eared youngster whose crew cut resembles a well-mown lawn, has a different take. Alien invaders, he says, are all around us. They are in our yards, weaving webs, setting up whole cities underground, spying on us with their huge, multifaceted eyes. The invaders, of course, are insects, and this young man is making friends with them, just in case. The brief text, English on the top of each verso, literal Spanish in red on the bottom, gives hints that are fleshed out in the illustrations. Drawn on animation paper, the Prismacolor artwork, executed in multiple shades of indigo, is dark and mysterious. A luminous sheen adds to the sense of menace. This involving introduction to insects has plenty of child appeal and could also serve as a pattern for writing activities.
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I heard that aliens are little green men. Wrong! The alien invaders are here. They set up camp in our garden.

Yo he oído que los extraterrestres son hombrecitos verdes. ¡Nada de eso! Los invasores extraterrestres ya están aquí. Están levantando un campamento en nuestro jardín.

Edition details

• Publisher: Raven Tree Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0972497390
• ISBN 13: 9780972497398
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32