Common Sense Media Review
By Carrie Kingsley
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Gentle, colorful story explores welcoming aliens to Earth.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 5+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Read
What's the Story?
IF YOU COME TO EARTH explores a kid's perspective on the essential information to share with aliens who are visiting our planet for the first time. Two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall explains to extraterrestrial friends the kinds of homes, bodies, clothes, families, homes, animals, and environments that exist on Earth, and invites readers to take good care of the people and places we have.
Is It Any Good?
The messages of kindness, inclusion, and care for the planet are strong in Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall's warm, colorful book. If You Come to Earth is a fun read-aloud with lots of opportunities to explore a young reader's own ideas about what is important and unique about the place they live and is sure to spark some interesting conversations. Emerging readers can work on sight words with lots of context from the colorful, engaging illustrations, and the idea of introducing our planet to an alien who knows nothing about it is just plain fun.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about how they would describe our world to visitors from outer space like Quinn does in If You Come to Earth. What are the most important things you'd want to share?
What do you think aliens would be most curious about on their first visit to Earth?
What would you want to know if you visited another planet?
Book Details
- Author :
- Genre : Picture Book
- Topics : Family Stories ( Siblings ) , Friendship , STEM
- Book type : Fiction
- Publisher : Chronicle Books
- Publication date : September 15, 2020
- Publisher's recommended age(s) : 5 - 8
- Number of pages : 80
- Available on : Hardback, Apple Books, Kindle
- Last updated : September 29, 2025
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