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Five Faves: New Sci-Fi for Younger

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When you want to go where no one has gone before, but you just don't have a rocket ship handy, instead try the convenience (and fun!) of these sci-fi books geared towards our picture book loving readers.  

The Spaceman
By Randy Cecil
Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2024. Picture Book.

A little spaceman arrives on a new planet (Earth!) and is amazed by the beauty of his surroundings.  Could Earth become the spaceman's new home?   

Written by Mark Kelly
Illustrated by C.F. Payne
Simon & Schuster, 2024. Picture Book. 

Part imagination, part informational, this book follows the mice that are called on to save Earth from an asteroid that has entered our solar system.   

By Thao Lam
Toronto, Ontario: Owlkids Books, 2024. Picture Book. 

A snowy day transforms through a child's imagination into an astronaut exploring a new, fantastical world. 

Written by C.J. Hong
Illustrated by A.J. Smith
Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2024. Picture Book.

Dr. Greta Goodnote introduces Floof, a visitor from the planet Ploof. Readers learn all about Floof and his home planet through fun, interactive elements. 

By Rowboat Watkins
San Francisco, CA : Chronicle Books, 2023. Picture Book.

The go-go guys don't want to go to sleep.  Instead, they head to the moon, but once they arrive, they discover that Moon, like their parents, wants them to go to bed, too.  






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