Blastoff to the Secret Side of the Moon!

by Scott Nickel, Jessica Bradley (Illustrator)

Aaron discovers an empty space ship behind a fence in his neighborhood. With a touch of a button, he is on course to the moon. He has an exciting adventure and makes new friends that are out of this world!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Growing up, Scott Nickel wanted to be a comic book writer or a mad scientist. As an adult, he gets to do both. In his secret literary lab, Scott has created more than a dozen graphic novels for Stone Arch Books featuring time travel, zombies, robots, giant insects, and mutant lunch ladies. Scott's NIGHT OF THE HOMEWORK ZOMBIES received the 2007 Golden Duck award for Best Science Fiction Picture Book.

When not creating crazy comics, Scott squeezes in a full-time job as a writer and editor at Jim Davis' Garfield studio.

Check out Scott’s monstrously funny syndicated comic strip, EEK!, at Go Comics: http://www.gocomics.com/eek/

Reviews

[Carol]

Aaron is having a blast playing with his action figures in his backyard when he discovers an empty spaceship next door. What little boy could resist climbing inside and pushing buttons? Definitely not Aaron! Of course the button he pushed sent him into space on course for the moon. He lands in Area 52, a very mysterious place on the dark side of the moon. It is top secret so I can't tell you anymore than that!
This simple and colorful graphic novel is perfect for beginning readers. And a perk in all Comics Land books is the bonus material at the end which includes: "Word Power" a fabulous vocabulary list, questions to make the reader really think about what they just read, "Game Time", and a how to draw section.

[Clare]

NLB P NIC

[Carissa]

This whole "comics land" series is pretty fun. The books are picture-book sized with large, friendly, balloony illustrations and easy storylines. Great intro to graphic novel format!