Find out what he does on the moon; cleaning and tidying, welcoming visitors, performing tricks for tourists and much more.

I've managed to get two weeks worth of work out of this one book alone and barely scratched the surface! It toured to local schools and venues across the UK in summer 2010, followed by a second national tour in autumn 2011. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. The illustration work is the real highlight of the book, especially the larger, zoomed-in spreads and the mix of traditional looks with the modern and unusual – who isn’t going to be impressed by an alien in glasses and a sweater vest? Simon has introduced loads of children's books but is perhaps best known for his series of books following Bob the astronaut including, The Alien-Spotter's Handbook and in the picture book sequel Bob's Best Ever Friend.This excellent picture book has enough depth to captivate pupils and is an entertaining storytime choice for Year 1 and 2. The small-size aliens were fine and we could count them or just notice them around on different pages. The dazzling, Norman Rockwell- like, lush coloured images, the dazzling shapes and tongue- in-cheek text add up to a superb picture book. I have even talked the head into a little revamp of the library so that we can display them properly! Bartram salutes William Joyce with his baroque images of a retro-futuristic everyday world and a smiley-face full moon, as well as his lucid palette of lawn green, clear blue and scarlet.

It follows the story of Bob, an ordinary man with the extra-ordinary job of keeping the moon clean and entertaining moon tourists. Every year, Queen Battleaxe picks one unlucky astronaut to host her birthday party and now Bob has the horrible honour. Yesterday a parent came over to tell me how impressed she was by the book fair and that you did a fabulous job of selling the books to the children first.Does the book contain anything that teachers would wish to know about before recommending in class (strong language, sensitive topics etc. As a picture book, all parents will enjoy reading this story during the daytime or bedtime, the narrative is engaging and the children are fully absorbed in the images. However, the detailed, period pictures, tell a different story and readers will soon spot the little green men lurking in the background.