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Beegu
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2003-09-09)
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Amazon Description
The story of an alienated alien
Beegu’s spacecraft is stranded on Earth. Now she is lost and wandering. Waiting for a rescue signal from her mother, she fails to make friends with the strange creatures she encounters. Rabbits don't seem to understand her; windblown leaves won’t stay still to listen. But at last, on a school playground, Beegu discovers a group of fantastic companions who are happy to let her join their games . . . until a grownup creature spoils the fun.
Beegu's spirits are sinking lower than ever just as the mother ship arrives, in this simple, bittersweet picture book that shows us our world through the three eyes of an innocent outsider with the help of stylish art and a wry, understated text.
Beegu’s spacecraft is stranded on Earth. Now she is lost and wandering. Waiting for a rescue signal from her mother, she fails to make friends with the strange creatures she encounters. Rabbits don't seem to understand her; windblown leaves won’t stay still to listen. But at last, on a school playground, Beegu discovers a group of fantastic companions who are happy to let her join their games . . . until a grownup creature spoils the fun.
Beegu's spirits are sinking lower than ever just as the mother ship arrives, in this simple, bittersweet picture book that shows us our world through the three eyes of an innocent outsider with the help of stylish art and a wry, understated text.
One Potato Review
Where’s the love? This rubbery, stocking-eared alien can barely seem to get noticed, except by children jumping rope in a schoolyard, and a couple of pointy-faced adults to whom he’s a nuisance in all their routines. With pleasing, autumn colors, and a hula hoop as the obvious souvenir, here is a book that asks the question: What if we met them already, but were too busy Twittering to know?
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