To Activate Space Portal, Lift Here

Before you lift the cover, be sure you’re ready to meet Zrk and Blrg. They’re not so different from you—but to them, you’re the alien! After their initial shock at seeing you through the portal, they’re eager to see what kind of teeth you have, compare home planets, and maybe team up for a prank. You met as aliens, but by the time the portal closes, maybe you’ll be friends.

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“The clever premise stands up to repeat readings—power up this interactive adventure for out-of-this-world storytimes.”
—The Horn Book (Starred Review)

“Interactive intergalactic fun, with a stellar lesson in interplanetary interpersonal relations.”
—Booklist, (Starred Review)

“Will generate a lot of giggles. . . . Thickly outlined in black, the bold illustrations will show well to a large storytime. Portis provides extreme close-ups that give the artwork a surreal, Cubist feeling. . . .Zany, out-of-this-world fun.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“[A] speculative metafictional romp. . . .Portis (A New Green Day) has cooked up something wonderfully weird and slyly relevant—both an interactive experience and a comic reminder that perspective is relative.”
—Publishers Weekly

“Playful and slightly anarchic…an otherworldly adventure!”
—School Book List, UK (Picture Book of the Month)

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