Wazdot?

by Michael Slack

While on a field trip a young alien named Blip notices a blue and green world and sneaks off to investigate. Blip inspects and identifies each of the perplexing objects that cross his path-from a friendly pig and a clutch of ardent chickens to an annoyed cow and an oh-so-tempting tractor-can he figure out where he's landed before his teacher shows up?

Genres: Picture Books, Storytime, Aliens, Robots, Childrens, Science Fiction, Animals

48 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2014

About the author

Michael is an author, illustrator, and character designer. He uses bold colors, and fun shapes to create his quirky character-driven art. His illustrations can be found in books, magazines and on television. He has designed artwork for various children's products and apparel. His paintings and drawings have been exhibited in the U.S. and Europe.


Michael is represented by Painted-Words Represents

Reviews

[Autumn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Alien visits a farm or something? I don't get it.

[Melanie Hetrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

On a class trip, Blip gets distracted by a light in the sky and ends up on planet Earth. Using a device in his possession he is able to identify objects such as vegetables, a cow and chickens. He is really enjoying himself when his teacher finally notices he isn't with his class and calls him back. But will he stay gone?

Fantastic for storytime. Kids will truly enjoy guessing the answers before you turn the page.

[Tori · Rating 3 out of 5]

An alien... robot... thing slips away from his class on a school trip, visiting a farm on earth and constantly asking his computer, "Wazdot?" Shadowy outlines allow the children to guess what the little guy is looking at before the computer tells him.
Probably good for a robot or outer space or alien storytime, but would work just as well for a farm theme.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a perfect book for toddlers! I can't wait to share this in my farm toddler story time in March or April. It is interactive and the kids will get a kick out of guessing what the mystery item is.

[Casey · Rating 5 out of 5]

An alien speaking in their language (blip. blop.) wanders around an unknown area discovering new animals and things by asking, "Wazzzzzz dot?"

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A colleague recommended this book to me. An alien comes to earth on a trip and discovers a farm. Excitement ensues. Fun read aloud especially with the simple repetitive nonsensical words.

[Nancy Prater · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very cute read-aloud for very young children, especially if you let them guess what the alien is seeing.

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

SO awesome for shapes storytime. The toddlers and 3s liked guessing the farm stuff, so great with using sounds for hints.

[What April's Reading · Rating 5 out of 5]

Repetitive words for easy memorization and recall. Very silly, over all, and no sentence structure. Cute picture book, though.

[Margie · Rating 3 out of 5]

An amusing story for young children a about a space alien who comes to our planet and tries to figure out what it sees. Terrific art work adds to the enjoyment.

[Denise · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little blue alien on a field trip takes a detour far away from the class when he spots the planet Earth. There he discovers a variety of farm animals and even a tractor to his delight. The words are mostly nonsensical and rhyme. Preschool children and toddlers will enjoy guessing "waz dot" and after reading a few times will feel like they are "reading" the text themselves. The story begins on the end papers and title page through the digitally rendered illustrations. The illustrations are colorful and little alien Blip is very animated.

[Kelsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Age: Toddler-Preschool

Simplistic language and robotic sounds accompany this delightful guessing game as a little alien explores earth (make sure to start on the inside jacket!) with his identifying gizmo. This is a great guessing game as readers are given a part of the object, then a full silhouette of the object, then the object with its name in big, bold letters. So simple yet so successful!

[Heidi-Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like it and I don't. Not sure how else to describe it. Very clever. Great way of getting kids to follow the illustrations and apply their own vocabularies to what they're seeing. Should be a great read in Toddler or Movement storytime. Could work in preschool, though some of my older kids might be "above" it. But the attempt at rhyming is a bit off. And a couple of times I didn't follow. Maybe that's a problem with my imagination...?

[Vivian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Looking for a whimsical book that works for babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers, and even beginning readers? Voila`! A big-eyed blue alien lands on earth and punches his "cell phone" to help identify things he finds -- asking "wazdot" for "what's that?". Children get lots of clues -- first a part of the object, then a silhouette of the object, and then the object itself. On the "silhouette" clue they are asked "wazdot?". Then turn the page to see if they guessed right!

[Samantha · Rating 1 out of 5]

An alien explores a farm with the help of his gadget for use in identifying foreign objects. Admittedly, I'm not the biggest fan of alien anything, but this story just didn't hold my interest. Objects to be identified appear in silhouette before they are labeled, which gives readers a chance to guess first.

Digital illustrations are vibrant and give to alien a friendly/cartoony look. PreK-2.

[Roben · Rating 5 out of 5]

A young alien ventures to Earth on a field trip with his class. But where are they? And what are all these strange things? My grand and I read this several times and there were many giggles all the way through. I think this would make a great read aloud for 3 and 4 year olds - a unique addition to the farm story hour or one on outer space.

[Jill · Rating 4 out of 5]

This will be a great addition to the robot storytime lineup! I like that it will be good for the younger kids. I think they'll enjoy guessing what object/animal Blip has come across. I also like that the story starts immediately upon opening the book--instead of a summary on the fly leaf, you get the first line of the story. Which I almost missed!

[Michelle (FabBookReviews) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a cute but rather ambiguous story involving an alien identifying creatures and items on a farm as part of a class trip. I think this story could work best as a flat-out silly read aloud- making the most of loud Martian-like noises, bleeps, bloops, and just having a blast with getting children to participate with the refrain of "Zot, wazzzzzdot?".

[Jeremy West · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a quick and fun read about a group of aliens visiting earth for the first time and exploring with a device called Zot that tells them what different things are. It's a fantastic story for kids that can teach what different things are in a fun way.

[Jan Polep · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little alien comes to earth and wanders around a farm with his decoder beam identifying things by pointing the beam at them and yelling, "wazzzzzzdot". Kids will love speaking alien and if they grab any old flashlight, they can replay the story and/or make up new versions anywhere.

[Carol · Rating 2 out of 5]

An little alien explores an unknown area on a field trip. His little handheld device, a Zot, helps him figure out what he is seeing. The pictures are adorable. The text is brief and easy to read, but kind of annoying to read aloud.

[Bethe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute little alien lands on Earth and discovers many new objects. This might be a good book to introduce inferencing to kindergarten, some pages are harder to guess based on the details in the pictures, on other pages the shadow makes it really obvious.

[RachelAnne · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun, simple picture book about an alien exploring Earth. The repetition of "Blip, stop! Zot, wazzzzzdot?" make this fun for storytimes with preschoolers, who will enjoy the simple illustrations and the curiosity of this antennaed ET.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good choice for an interactive babytime program. Can use for aliens or farms.

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun twist on a farm book.

[Carrie Charley Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very young children will have tons of fun guessing pictures and imitating the onomatopoeia. They will ask for mom and dad to read it again!

[kitty ౨ৎ˚⋆ · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked it a little bit, but not so much.

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book. We thought it was super funny.

[Dorcas · Rating 3 out of 5]

The artwork was fun for this one.

[talia · Rating 1 out of 5]

a disappointment from my favorite author michael slack