Science Fiction for Kindergarteners, First & Second Graders at the Elmhurst Public Library

Many of these books are part of a series,
so look for other great reads by the same authors.

Picture Books

Man on the Moon (A Day in the Life of Bob) by Simon Bartram             (J E Bar)
Presents a typical day in the life of Bob, the man on the moon, who rockets to work each morning, cleans up after the astronauts, and performs other duties before returning home for a bath and bed.

Patrick’s Dinosaurs on the Internet  by Carol Carrick                                              (J E Car)
After looking up information about dinosaurs on his computer, Patrick is awakened by a dinosaur who arrives in a spaceship to take Patrick to his planet for show and tell. 32 p.

First Graders from Mars: Episode 2 by Shana Corey                                               (J E Cor)
Pelly feels miserable because she looks different from her Martian classmates, but a glamorous opera singer who visits her class shows Pelly that her differences make her special. 32 p.

Twilight by Holly Huth                                                                                           (J E Hut)
A little girl takes charge of bringing on the twilight, that time of day that it begins to turn to night.

Smile If You’re Human by Ned Layton                                                                        (J E Lay)
An alien child's quest to take a photograph of a "mysterious creature known as a human" has an unexpected result when a search through an Earth zoo brings an encounter with a gorilla.

Here Come the Aliens by Colin McNaughton                                                    (J E McN)
A group of not-so-nice aliens speed toward Earth looking for a fight--until something terrible scares them away.

Tinker and Tom and the Star Baby by David McPhail                                 (J E McP)
A boy and a bear find a Star Baby in their back yard and try to fix its spaceship so that it can return to its mother.

Mush, a Dog from Space by Daniel Pinkwater                                                 (J E Pin)
Kelly Mangiaro, who has wanted a pet for as long as she can remember, gets more than she bargained for from her new dog, Mush.  

Mission Ziffoid by Michael Rosen                                                                        (J E Ross)
An exploding spaceship strands a boy on the planet Ziffoid, where he encounters an energetic and playful group of aliens.

Alistair in Outer Space by Marilyn Sadler                                                         (J E Sadler)
When Alistair is kidnapped by a spaceship full of Goots from Gootula, his main concern is for his overdue library books.

Soccer Mom from Outer Space by Barney Saltzberg                                     (J E Sal)
The night before Lena's first soccer game, her father tells her a story about how his mother used to act bizarre at his soccer games and embarrass him.

Touchdown Mars! by Peggy Wethered                                                               (J E Wet)
An alphabet book which presents facts about an space expedition to Mars.

Captain Pajamas  by Bruce Whatley                                                                   (J E Wha)
In the middle of the night, Brian transforms himself into Captain Pajamas, Defender of the Universe, to save his older sister Jessie from attacking aliens, but they are nowhere to be found. 32 p.

Company’s Coming by Arthur Yorinks                                                             (J E Yor)
Chaos erupts when Moe and Shirley invite some visitors from outer space to stay for dinner with the relatives.

Tomatoes from Mars by Arthur Yorinks                                                            (J E Yor)
While earthlings sleep, giant tomatoes swoop down to shmear the country with their hallmark red stain. No one can stop this diabolical red plague... until scientist Dr. Shtickle shows up with a plan. 32 p.

Beginning Readers

Star Wars Episode I: Darth Maul’s Revenge by Eric Arnold                                (J B Arnold)
Darth Maul has been given a mission. The time has come for him to put his Sith skills to the test. He must track down a Jedi Master and his apprentice. 46 p.

My Best Friend is Out of This World by Sarah Albee                               (J B Albee)
When Maddy invites her friend over, her parents are shocked to discover that he is an alien. 32 p.

Space Invaders by Sarah Albee                                                                             (J B Albee)
The Rugrats babies become convinced that Earth is about to be invaded by space aliens. 32 p.

Baseball Camp on the Planet of the Eyeballs by Jon and Susan Schade Buller             (J B Buller)
On his way to baseball camp, a young boy is zapped to the Planet of the Eyeballs, where he teaches the inhabitants to play ball. 47 p.

Minnie & Moo & the Potato from Planet X by Denys Cazet                                 (J B Cazet)
Minnie and Moo come to the aid of a visitor from outer space. 46 p.

Ready-Set-Robot by Lillian Hoban                                                                      (J B Hoban)
When robots from all over Zone One gather to race in the Digi-Maze, a power pack mixup almost causes disaster for Sol-1.

Go, Stitch, Go by Monica Kulling                                                                         (J B Kulling)
A Hawaiian girl's new dog is actually an alien, and two strange creatures have come to earth to catch him and take him to jail. 32 p.

Jed and the Space Bandits by Jean & Claude Marzollo                                    (J B Marzollo)
Jed's Junior Space Patrol helps Molly, who can turn invisible, to rescue her parents from bandits.

A New Brain for Igor by Teddy O’Connor                                            (J B O’Connor)
A mad scientist's dim-witted assistant tries to force his master into giving him a bigger brain by stealing the scientist's fuzzy pink slippers.  

Boom! Zoom! by Judith Bauer Stampe                                                                 (J E Stamper)
Ray lands on a strange planet and must escape from an alien being.

Space Guys  by Martha Weston                                                                             (J B Weston)
A boy is visited by beings that arrive in a flying saucer from outer space.   32 p.

Commander Toad in Space by Jane Yolen                                                      (J B Yolen)
The intrepid crew of the space ship "Star Warts" lands on a water-covered planet inhabited by Deep Wader, a horrible hungry monster.  -See also other books in the Commander Toad series.

Fiction

Aliens for Breakfast  by Johnathon Etra                                                             (J F Etra)
Finding an intergalactic special agent in his cereal box, Richard joins the extraterrestrial in a fight to save Earth from the Dranes, one of whom is masquerading as a student in Richard's class.    -See also others in the Aliens science fiction series.

Harriet’s Hare by Dick King-Smith                                                          (J F King-Smith)
A young girl's life with her father on their farm in England is changed when she befriends a talking hare that is really a shape-changing alien. 104 p.

Bobo Crazy by Marilyn Sadler                                                                               (J PB Sadler)
Zenon, who lives on a space station in 2049, is mortified when her father buys her an embarrassing Bobo robotic dog instead of the cool Tobo Dog, but Bobo comes in handy when the Tobo Dogs go crazy and turn on their owners.
-See also other books in the Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century Science Fiction series.

Space Dog in Trouble by Natalie Standiford                                         (J PB Standiford.)
When Roy and his parents go away for the weekend, Space Dog, who is really an alien from the planet Queekrg, is left on his own and gets picked up by a local animal rescue group.
-See also other books from the Space Dog science fiction series.