ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE

Celebrating the publication of MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE.

It has been one year since the publication of my book MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE, illustrated with charming graphic art by my granddaughter, Paige Arnold, and of our celebration of the book with family and friends. 

Caroline and Paige with book.

Since then, I have shared the book with numerous school groups during author visits and worked with a class of 6^th graders as they created their own graphic picture books inspired by MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE. 

I have been pleased that children are still enjoying the story, just as they did forty years ago when the book was first published, then with limited color illustrations. I hope that this new book will continue to be enjoyed by children for years to come!

MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE is available at Amazon  both as a paperback and as an ebook.

Spanish edition of My Friend from Outer Space

The book has also been published in Spanish, MI AMIGA DEL ESPACIO.

For the history of evolution of MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE from 1981 to 2023, go to my earlier post, A Favorite Book Reborn..

Original book, published in 1981 by Franklin Watts.

VISIT TO THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BERGEN, Bergen, Norway

In the library of the International School of Bergen with Jules Crossley-Nilsen and teacher. We are holding books that I donated to the library.

While my husband Art attended his meetings at a scientific conference in Bergen, Norway, I took a taxi to the International School of Bergen in Sandlihuagen, a suburb of the city, for a tour of the school. I enjoyed the opportunity to visit several of the classrooms and meet the children and teachers. (Classes are taught in English.)  I went into first, second, and third grade classes and the children tried to guess how many books I had written. They were amazed to learn that it is 170! One student asked me if I was famous. I told him that my books are in libraries all over the US and in many parts of the world. So, I can say that my books are famous. I was thrilled to discover that one of the teachers has a copy of my very first book--Five Nests! It was published in 1980. It was part of her mother’s collection of books from when she was a school librarian in India.

I thank Jules Crossley-Nilsen, the librarian and Community Ambassador at ISB for arranging my visit and coordinating my tour of the school. I donated several of my books to the library and Jules told me that she plans to order more. They are a good fit for Earth Day and other parts of the curriculum. I know that this is a busy time of year at the school and I appreciate that I was able to visit. I hope there will be a chance for me to come back some time in the future or possibly to arrange an author visit by Zoom.

 

MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE: Fun Activities for Kids

MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE. In this new graphic picture book Sherry tries to convince her friend that she comes from outer space. But does she? Join Sherry and her friend as they zoom through space at a zillion miles an hour. Here are some activities you can do after reading the book.

ACTIVITIES

1. Let’s pretend. Pretending is a good way to get an idea for a story. Write or tell your own story.

2. Make up your own language. What do you think Glug, flug, Tinbambam means in the story?

3. Make your own space ship with a cardboard box.

4. Create your own outer space costume. Do you look like a monster from outer space?

5. Design a quilt square from a scene in the book. Make a class quilt.

6. Create a comic strip. Put the words in speech balloons.

7. Make a model of the planetary system. What planets did Sherry and her friend see in outer space?

8. Perform a puppet play of the story. Make stick puppets or paper bag puppets.

MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE

By Caroline Arnold Illustrations by Paige Arnold

ISBN 9798399935614 Paperback $9.99

ASIN B0CB9BXWLC Kindle ebook $6.99

Available at Amazon or to order at your favorite book store.

The book is also available in Spanish as MI AMIGA DEL ESPACIO. ISBN 9798870320717

For more about the book go to www.carolinearnoldbooks.com/myfriendfromouterspace.html

MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE, NOW AVAILABLE IN SPANISH

My book, My Friend from Outer Space, has now been translated into Spanish and is available on Amazon. Mi Amiga del Espacio is available in both paperback and as a Kindle ebook.

With many thanks to my brother Tom Scheaffer, who for many years was a bilingual Spanish teacher in an elementary school in California, and to my daughter Jennifer Arnold and her husband Humberto Gutierrez Rivas, a native speaker from Chile.

Here is the description of the book in Spanish:

"Sherry es mi vecina. Ella dice que viene del espacio. No le creo."
Sherry y su amiga van al espacio en un cohete de cartón. ¿Realmente van al espacio? ¿O simplemente están fingiendo?
Este libro ilustrado es para niños de cinco a doce años.
Publicado originalmente en inglés con el título My Friend from Outer Space (Amazon, 2023).
Traducción por Thomas Scheaffer y Humberto Gutiérrez-Rivas.