Breaking News: Alien Alert - Hardcover

Biedrzycki, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1580898041 ISBN 13: 9781580898041

Publisher: Charlesbridge, 2018

Synopsis

Bears in space! The bears from Breaking News: Bear Alert and Bears to the Rescue are back, and this time they're extraterrestrial.

When a UFO beams up Baby Bear and abducts the family, the human world goes crazy. Hilarity and chaos ensue as scouts, scientists, street vendors, and the mayor try to put their own spin on the story. Intrepid but bumbling reporter Chad Newsworthy covers it all, searching for the truth: Why did aliens snatch up these animals? (Hint: It's someone special's birthday!)

About this title

About the Author

The moment his brother showed him how to draw a face when he was 4 years old, David Biedrzycki has been hooked on drawing. In his early years he created stories for his parents and friends. A commercial artist since 1980, his work has appeared in magazines, newspapers, book covers, billboards and even ice cream boxes. The supermarket is like a gallery of his work. 

Now he has now returned to his first love of picture book storytelling. He has illustrated close to 30 books including self-authored and award winning Ace Lacewing, Bug Detective series, Me and My Dragon series and his newest series Breaking News Bear Alert, a Junior Library Guild Selection and winner of book the Illinois Monarch Picture Book Award and the Georgia State Picture Book Award. David travels the world extensively to over 100 schools a year sharing his digital book making process with aspiring young writers, illustrators and readers.

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GOOD MORNING.

Now for a News 3 Special Report. We go to Chad Newsworthy, reporting live from Hundred Acre Park.

Good morning, everyone! And what a strange morning it is! According to eyewitnesses, last night an alien spaceship snatched up bears, moose, rabbits, and squirrels from this very meadow.

This half-eaten carrot is a sure sign that some of these creatures were taken away right in the middle of dinner. A scout troop was camping in a nearby field and saw the whole thing." 

(ALIEN ALERT: PLEASE SEND PHOTOS OR VIDEOS OF ANY EXTRATERRESTRIAL ACTIVITY TO CHANNEL 3 NEWS.)

Girls, what exactly did you see?

"They were lifted . . . all of them . . . into the spaceship . . . "

"It happened right behind us! We totally freaked out! IT WAS AWESOME!!!"

"They took my stuffed bunny."

(ALIEN ALERT: IT APPEARS ALIENS CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIVE AND STUFFED ANIMALS.)

And it wasn't just our farmer friends. Down the road, a farmer told us this:

"Darn aliens carried off our cow Bessie, our goat Billy, and Li'l Piglet. Our chickens are so scared, they've stopped laying eggs."

"If I see those aliens, I'm going to give them a piece of my mind!"

(BREAKING NEWS: EGG SHORTAGE REPORTED AT LOCAL GROCERY STORES. PIGS SEEN FLYING.)

Edition details

• Publisher: Charlesbridge
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1580898041
• ISBN 13: 9781580898041
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Biedrzycki David
• Number of pages: 32