I Come from Another Galaxy Wade Lageose

I Come from Another Galaxy Wade LageoseA charming, sci fi twist on the first day of school genre, featuring a young astronaut whose new classmates are literal aliens From author illustrator James Kwan comes an affirming picture book to soothe first day of school jittersand celebrate what makes us different. Hello, friends. I am writing this little book to document my discoveries from outer space. Things are very different here . . . James is far away from his home planet of Earth, and in

as well as still-frames

then moves closer to show us the material and the artistic gestures

he’s so mesmerized by her talent he offers Ella a place to live and patronage for her art

cawing crows

Tactile and prodigious in the materials used

from the earliest times (“Pigs were presented as ‘medals’ to the winners of the first Olympics”) to the present day (“There is nothing better than enjoying a cup of tea or glass of milk with one of those famous Pig Newtons”)

a load of laughs

and the city’s vibrant artistic and social movements

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David Bowie

From the razor-sharp mind of award-winning comedian Iliza Shlesinger