Ben Joel Price - Earth Space Moon Base

Copyright 2014 by Ben Joel Price All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Random House Childrens Books, a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company, New York. Random House and the colophon are registered trademarks of Random House LLC. Visit us on the Web! randomhousekids.com Educators and librarians, for a variety of teaching tools, visit us at RHTeachersLibrarians.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Price, Ben Joel, author, illustrator.
Earth space moon base / Ben Joel Price. First edition.
pages cm.
Summary: An unlikely trio lands on a planet and keeps the inhabitants at bay using bananas.
ISBN 978-0-385-37311-1 (trade) ISBN 978-0-375-97201-0 (lib. bdg.) [1.

Stories in rhyme. 2. Life on other planetsFiction. 3. AstronautsFiction. 4.

RobotsFiction.
5. MonkeysFiction.] I. Title.
PZ8.3.P916Ear 2014 [E]dc23 2013017581 ISBN 978-0-375-98194-4 (ebook) Random House Childrens Books supports the First Amendment and celebrates the right to read. v3.1 For Natalia Back on Earth Id like to thank:
Ma & Pa, Nattles, Nan, Jan,
Isabelle, Heidi, Heather,
Julita, Fran Brown,
some of my teachers
and all of my
friends.

Earth.
Moon.
Base. What is this secret place? Open the hatch. What is this secret place? Open the hatch.

Down we go.... Where does it end?Soon well know. The doors slowly open. What do you see? A spaceman, a robot, and a cheeky monkey! (Have you ever seen such a strange group of three?) But what are they doing? Dare you ask? Flying into space on a secret task! Taking pictures from afar, Spaceman jets past planets and stars.... Robots surprised at incoming data. The monitor shows a deep, dark crater! Monkey is sent out to explore. Then, all of a sudden, something shoots out! Tentacles squirm and thrash about! Aliens emerge one by one... ... devouring bananas till theyre gone. Sleepy and full, the creatures retreat. Sleepy and full, the creatures retreat.

Theyve all had far too much to eat. Feeding time is important, you seeit stops them from eating you and me! Were safe from the aliens, but just in case...the crew keeps watch from the secret base. The End? BASE DATA SPECIES CHECKLIST 1. SNOOLAB 2. WEEVILSHROOM 3. WINGED SPROUSER 4.

BARNACLEDCHAB 5. SCRUNGER 6. DROMMIT 7. SQUABBLER 8. PELTWELKA 9. KROBLIT 10.

WUCKLE 11. SCHNUFF 12. VOOG BEN JOEL PRICE is a modern artist, illustrator, and graphic designer. He is the director of Symetria, a British greeting card company. His works have been projected onto the side of Londons prestigious Design Museum, and he was once asked to produce a birthday card for Queen Elizabeth.