Ceto is a friendly extraterrestrial who comes to Earth and befriends a young girl named Annie and a young boy named Seth. Ceto takes the Earthlings for a ride aboard his spaceship and shows them some fascinating things about his species. The author’s aim in writing this book was to teach children to not fear or automatically reject others just because they look different.
Illustrator Lisa Dusenberry studied art at Southwest Missouri State University. As an artist/investigator, she specializes in working with eyewitnesses to help them visually recapture their memories.
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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
This is one of the weirdest books I have ever read.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Ceto's New Friends (Hardcover)
Mrs. Haley is by far the weirdest author I have ever read. Only 20 pages in length, the book is about an alien that visits Earth and abducts two kids. For a books that is written for children ages 4-8, I find it very disturbing.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
"It doesn't happen" : Ceto Never Existed,
By Charlene Donnavan (Gulf Shores, Alabama) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ceto's New Friends (Hardcover)
Even the U.S. Air Force, in their Instruction AFI 10-206 Report warns that people should never approach a landed "unidentified object" referring to a UFO, much less send their children to wander away with the occupants. "Ceto's New Friends" sends a reckless message to our children as well as to their parents. Yes, the artwork in this little book is cute, but how can the author, Leah Haley write to our children about an "alien" who never existed? She has now retracted her "alien abductions" saying they "...never happened". Please do not reward her deceptive behavior by purchasing her book. Buy the book titled "The Art of Close Encounters" (at Amazon) for a book about real aliens from real abductees with beautiful art to boot!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Wrong message for small children,
This review is from: Ceto's New Friends (Hardcover)
I reviewed the first edition of this book when it was published. This is a summary of that review.
What's wrong with this children's story? We can ignore issues related to the reality (or lack thereof) of alien abductions. "Ceto's New Friends" has greater problems than that. The fundamental problem with this story is that it encourages children to go away with strangers. In an era where we are hyper-sensitive to children's encounters with strangers and to the hazards thereof, "Ceto's New Friends" sends a significant counter-message. Rather than be wary of strangers, "Ceto's..." sends the message that strangers will teach children all sorts of neat things (in addition to talking with their eyes, Ceto teaches Annie and Seth how to float and fly on their own) and will give them gifts. According to the story, these are good things. Who among us would willingly tell our children to go away with strangers, that strangers met on the street will teach them great secrets and give them cool gifts, that cooperating with strangers is a Good Thing? I don't know any parent who would willingly do such a thing, yet Leah Haley's children's book sends exactly this message. Regardless of the reality of alien abductions, this book is flawed and could actually put children at risk. Children reading this book could get the wrong message that strangers are OK to talk to and to accept gifts from. This is hardly the message we want to send our children.
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