Customer Reviews

Hush, Little Alien

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I bought this book as a Christmas gift for my seven-month-old son. He liked it immediately and I have had to read it to him every night since. I have had to hide it sometimes, because if he even sees it, he wants me to read it over and over! It is a great twist on "Hush little baby." I think one thing that makes this book fun is that you can sing it. For young children who are just learning to enjoy bedtime stories a song is very comforting before sleep. The illustrations are very colorful, and the relationship of the papa alien to his little son is patient and loving. I reccomend this book to parents looking for a book to read their babies. It has brought a lot of happiness to my son, and me too.

My 22 month old son really likes this book. I "sing" the story to him and and he enjoys filling in the words he knows. A nice addition to the bookshelf!

The pictures won over the majority of our panel. They are bold colors with not too busy a background.

The story is a rewrite of an old nursery song sung by a father alien to his son. "If that satellite gets away, Pappa will take you to the Milky Way."

We think that this is a great book for a father to share with a child!

An original, modern twist on the classic nursery rhyme, Hush, Little Baby. I have purchased this book for several male friends to read to their children. The colorful pictures of a little alien fill the pages and make this a great book for young kids and the adults that love them.

I got this book for my 3 year old son thinking the illustrations looked cute and we were looking for "outer space" books. I read it to him one night and he didn't have much of a reaction one way or another. The next night I asked if he wanted to read it again and he grabbed it from me, threw it and said it was too scary because of the astronaut. So I looked back in the book and got to the page where "Papa's gonna get you an astronaut" and while on all the other pages the aliens look little and adorable, on this page they are HUGE and holding a TERRIFIED, STRUGGLING human astronaut (not a "toy" astronaut as one of the reviews say, he's definitely alive). I didn't notice it the first time around, but that page is really scary and disturbing, especially to a little kid who is sensitive to the emotions on other people's faces. I would definitely take a look at it at the library before you buy...just that one page is enough to ruin it!

This is one of the most delightful children's books that I have ever encountered, and I read hundreds of them to my daughter when she was young. Kirk uses the nursery rhyme that begins with "Hush, little baby, don't say a word" and adapts it to an alien father and his child as they fly across the universe. The last two lines are:

"And when that rocket ship takes flight, Papa's gonna give you a kiss good night!"

If I ever have grandchildren, I can guarantee that this book will be in their library.

Hush, Little Alien
This book for young children is a parody of the song "Hush, little baby", in which a Papa alien tells his child all the things he will get for them, from a shooting star to a real live astronaut! A fun and colorful book from the illustrator of Chugga-Chugga Choo Choo. Hush, Little Alien can be even more fun by singing it and is a great way for any father to share a fun story or song at bedtime with his son or daughter.

I teacher preschoolers with autism and this book really catches their attention. They always pay attention and smile while I'm singing it. Maybe it's the singing or the familiar tune, but it is a great one for those who are hard to read to!

my 2.5 year old would choose this book from the library so many times we finally bought his own copy. he knows it by heart and doesn't get tired of it!

I bought this book because I thought the parody on "Hush Little Baby" would amuse my husband. It did, and our 14-month-old son enjoys having us read this book to him.