AstroNuts Mission One: The Plant Planet

Description

It's happening - the end of the world is upon us. It's time to look elsewhere to find a new home. Enter the AstroNuts! Narrated by Planet Earth, this book is about four hybrid animals - LaserShark, AstroWolf, SmartHawk, and StinkBug - created by NNASA (Not-NASA) to explore other planets. The criteria: 1. Must be unoccupied. 2. Must support human life. When the Nuts reach their first destination, The Plant Planet, it looks perfect. It's lush with plant life, full of natural food, and seemingly uninhabited. But what if that plant life can think for itself? And what if it thinks it doesn't like our Nuts?

Jon Scieszka is known for his bestselling picture books including The True Story of the Three Little Pigs! and The Stinky Cheese Man. He is also the founder of www.guysread.com and a champion force behind www.guyslisten.com, and was the first National Ambassador of Young People's Literature. He lives in Brooklyn. Steven Weinberg writes and illustrates kids' books about dinosaurs, roller coasters, beards, and chainsaws. And he paints landscapes and fish, too. Basically all the fun stuff. He lives in the Catskills with his wife Casey Scieszka and his dog Waldo in the bed and bar called the Spruceton Inn that they all run together in the backyard.

"Fun and silly with a heart of science! Give this to your curious readers." -Jennifer L. Holm,New York Times-bestselling author of The Fourteenth Goldfish and the Babymouse series "AstroNuts is the perfect mix of goofy characters, hard science, and farts. An absolute delight!" -Gene Luen Yang, Ambassador for Young People's Literature and winner of the Printz Award for American Born Chinese "The end of humankind is upon us, and who do we send to save us?!? Certainly not a human! Wickedly funny, a story about climate change that doesn't come off as preachy. Kids will love this, and adults would be better off reading it too." -LeUyen Pham, illustrator of the Princess in Black series "Jon Scieszka, the groundbreaking storyteller and master of wit, brings us a smart and hilariousadventure. AstroNuts doesn't just break new ground-it breaks outer space! Brilliant." -Dav Pilkey, bestselling author of the Dog Man and Captain Underpants series