The Horn Book Guide

EASY READERS

Kolar, Bob

Astroblast!: Code Blue

40 pp. | Scholastic/Cartwheel | March, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-0-545-12104-0 $5.99

(3) K-3 Bright, shiny super-saturated digital illustrations draw readers into this playful rhyming tale. Radar, a monkey, looks for his fellow animal astronauts to help prepare Gamma Ray Pizzas and Moon Cakes for the Astroblast Snack Shack's incoming alien customers. Enjoyable (if superfluous) search-and-find games and other challenges are found on most spreads, with an answer key and "extra missions" at the back.

Reviewer: Susan Halperin