Try Explaining Earth to an Alien

If You Come to Earth
Written & Illustrated by Sophie Blackall
Age Level: 4-8 Years
Published September 15, 2020

I bit off more than I can chew...

“Dear Visitor from Outer Space,
If you come to Earth,
Here’s what you need to know.”

So begins this thought-provoking, inspiring, and utterly amazing book that seeks to describe our planet, accurately and in detail, to an extraterrestrial. What blows me away about this book is that the child’s observations are simple yet profound: the ocean looks empty when viewed above sea level, but actually it’s full of life; people are always thinking, and while you never know their thoughts, they often show their feelings on their faces; and wherever people live, they usually have to go someplace else, so they’ve developed many different modes of transportation to get there.

Jaw dropping illustrations bring each observation to life, capturing the complexity and variety of our planet in vivid color and with astonishing precision. There are rich descriptions of humans and animals, natural and manmade objects, weather patterns and the water cycle. This book will give you the gift of seeing the world through fresh eyes, where everything suddenly looks excitingly new and afterwards nothing looks entirely the same.