Mercer Mayer’s: The Alien from Outer Space by Erica Farber and J.R. Sansevere

This book is a graphic novel adventure for sure! The story begins with the Critter kids looking forward to the weekend because a comet was supposed to pass over their town of Critterville. On the night the comet was supposed to pass overhead, all of LC’s friends came over to see the new telescope he received from his Uncle. While there, LC begins to tell his friends a story of how he pretended to be an alien during a blackout to save the real alien that landed in their town. The story ends with LC getting his sister to help trick his friends into thinking there was something outside of their tent. Although the word bubbles were hard to follow, I found that they helped add expression and meaning to the story at the bottom of the pages. This book also provides definitions and explanations of Science terms, such as “black hole,” to the reader. I found this aspect of the book to be wonderful, because it helped clarify the meaning of the story to the reader.