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Alienography: Or, How to Spot an Alien Invasion and What to Do About It
Do you know the difference between a Nostromian Weevil and a Zyglon Tentacle Beast? Could you resist an invasion of Purple Peekons? And can you outwit a Fantabbydosian? No? You need this book!
Rich in comic detail, Alienography: Or, How to Spot an Alien Invasion and What to Do About It is an extraordinary book, packed with revolting aliens and impossible spaceships. Magnificently illustrated and with novelty elements including five pull-out postcards, a mini "Who's What and From Where" booklet and a "Bottom Trumps" card game, this is award-winning author and Illustrator Chris Riddell at his very best.
Rich in comic detail, Alienography: Or, How to Spot an Alien Invasion and What to Do About It is an extraordinary book, packed with revolting aliens and impossible spaceships. Magnificently illustrated and with novelty elements including five pull-out postcards, a mini "Who's What and From Where" booklet and a "Bottom Trumps" card game, this is award-winning author and Illustrator Chris Riddell at his very best.
- GenresChildrensPicture Books
48 pages, Hardcover
Published September 3, 2010
79 people want to read
About the author
Chris Riddell
377 books1,026 followersChris Riddell was born in Cape Town, South Africa, where his father was an Anglican priest and a member of the ANC. The family moved to England in 1963, when Riddell was one year old, and he spent his childhood in a number of different locations, as his father moved between parishes. Both of Riddell's parents continued to be active in the anti-apartheid movement.
Chris Riddell is an internationally acclaimed writer and illustrator whose many awards include the Nestlé Gold Award and two Kate Greenaway Medals—the most prestigious prize for illustration in the UK. He is the creator of more than one hundred books for all ages, including the immensely popular series the Edge Chronicles and his latest chapter book series, starring the irrepressible Ottoline Brown, which School Library Journal called "exceptional." Chris lives in Brighton, England, with his wife and three children where he invents his amazing characters in a very tidy shed in his yard.
Chris Riddell is an internationally acclaimed writer and illustrator whose many awards include the Nestlé Gold Award and two Kate Greenaway Medals—the most prestigious prize for illustration in the UK. He is the creator of more than one hundred books for all ages, including the immensely popular series the Edge Chronicles and his latest chapter book series, starring the irrepressible Ottoline Brown, which School Library Journal called "exceptional." Chris lives in Brighton, England, with his wife and three children where he invents his amazing characters in a very tidy shed in his yard.
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February 23, 2016
This was fantastic! In every sense of the word.
My first Chris-Riddell-only book and it was funny, entertaining, beautiful, nerdy, ...
This book is about how to spot an alien invasion by giving information on different species, androids, and between those we get chapters about weapons, food, the good, the bad and the ugly (no kidding, that's the name of a chapter *lol*) and the best part about it?
The book has some fold-out pages, mini-books attached to the pages and even a little card game!
All the illustrations are detailed and funny and gorgeous as ever.
Some of the aliens seem oddly familiar too (especially to Doctor Who, Alien or Bruce Willis fans) which makes this a little treasure box for nerds like me.
If I can, I'll buy the second one as well (they are rare in the meantime or really expensive).
My first Chris-Riddell-only book and it was funny, entertaining, beautiful, nerdy, ...
This book is about how to spot an alien invasion by giving information on different species, androids, and between those we get chapters about weapons, food, the good, the bad and the ugly (no kidding, that's the name of a chapter *lol*) and the best part about it?
The book has some fold-out pages, mini-books attached to the pages and even a little card game!
All the illustrations are detailed and funny and gorgeous as ever.
Some of the aliens seem oddly familiar too (especially to Doctor Who, Alien or Bruce Willis fans) which makes this a little treasure box for nerds like me.
If I can, I'll buy the second one as well (they are rare in the meantime or really expensive).
March 3, 2023
Intruiging art and some knick-knacks inside piqued my interest, but nothing really to say of note other than some intelligently placed references to pop culture.
August 1, 2016
Brilliant drawings, funny jokes, and puns. What more do you need?
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