First Day on a Strange New Planet: Blast Off Boy and Blorp: First Day on a Strange New Planet

Download or read book First Day on a Strange New Planet: Blast Off Boy and Blorp: First Day on a Strange New Planet written by Dan Yaccarino and published by Hyperion. This book was released on 2000-09-02 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's nothing like those first-day-of-school jitters, and when you'rethe new kid on the block, it's even more nerve-racking. So imagine how it wouldfeel to be the new kid on the planet! Participants in a galactic spaceexchange program, Johnny Smith (a.k.a. Blast Off Boy) from Earth and Blorp Glorpfrom planet Meep are preparing for day 1 in their respective new elementaryschools. Blast Off, visiting Meep, is simultaneously blas+¬ and anxious.Blorp, on Earth, is so excited he keeps floating up to the ceiling. The storyalternates between these two boys' points of view, describing in all-too-painfuldetail that new-school feeling of just plain not belonging.In pictures and text, Yaccarino eloquently captures those alienating moments--onthe school bus ("Swell, the only free seat is next to a kid with two heads.Gross."), in the classroom ("Would you tell us the square root of.769FQ87-1/2?"), and the lunchroom ("'Oh boy!' cried Blorp. 'TitaniumTetrazzini! You want some?'"). Fortunately, as is usually the case in thesesituations, both boys eventually begin to find their niches. This excellentstory is for any child about to embark on a brand-new, kind of scary experience.Yaccarino, with his appealing retro-futuristic pictures, is theauthor-illustrator of many quirky picture books, including Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! I'm Off to theMoon!. (Ages 4 to 8) --Emilie Coulter