Sophie Blackall
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In this beautifully illustrated book, a boy writes a letter to an imagined alien, explaining all the things he will need to know about Earth and the people who live here, what they look like, what their houses are like, what they do, along with the landscape of Earth and the many creatures who share the planet--and adding a postscript asking what the alien might look like.
2) Farmhouse
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A farmhouse provides the setting for a dozen children to live and grow, and when they leave, another family arrives to fill the house with love again.