Mission Ziffoid (Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction)

Mission Ziffoid, written by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Arthur Robbins, is a great science fiction picture book. A boy tells his friend the story of his brother crash landing on Planet Ziffoid. The aliens think that his brother has come to play soccer, but they use him as a ball. They let the boy return home in their spaceship, but the only problem is that they come with him. I think that all students would enjoy this book, but I feel that male students would be really entrigued. I feel that literature geared toward boys' interest is often overlooked. All of the text in this book is dialogue. This is a unique approach, and I feel that, by reading this book, students can begin to learn how to write descriptive dialogue