Strange Planet: The Sneaking, Hiding, Vibrating Creature

OK - admittedly, it's not what I expected. I had hoped for a whole book of cartoons regarding the vibrating creature. It's actually a kids picture book.That being said, I *still* absolutely love it - made me laugh out loud several times.Kind of sad it was just a 5 minute read.Since I don't have my own young beings, I shall read it to my four vibrating creatures and the cohabitant of my domicile.

Ok, so I pre-ordered the book not knowing that it was a children's picture book. After seeing more posts from the author on social media I realized that it was, but figured I'd just give it to a co-worker who has a young kid. Got it in the mail today, and although I'm a grown man I can't help but love it, and decided that I would keep this copy and order another for my co-worker.

I am a big fan of Nathan Pyle's cartoons. My daughter is 5 1/2 years old and when I saw that he was putting out a children's book, I was so excited! We just read it for the first time, and she LOVED it. The "strange" wording was just enough of a puzzle for her to figure out without getting frustrated and she thought it was hilarious. She loves the beings and the cat. As a parent who reads many, many books at bedtime, I felt that the story was the exact right length for a good young children's book - long enough to have a plot, short enough to keep attention.I'm sad to see that people are giving such poor reviews based on their pre-conceived expectations, and not based on the quality of the book itself, which is an excellent children's book.

I don't know what the other reviewer is talking about. I saw one facebook post and new the intent of the book immediately, and despite not having children, am enjoying it repeatedly! It has all the joy and cleverness of the Strange Planet world in a story visually available to children, but written for large beings with the ability to interpret the SP lexicon. If you don't love this book, we can't be friends. I'm about to order copies for all my tiniest nieces and nephews. I dispense grabber parts of tiny trash!

I was excited to hear the Author was writing a picture book. So I ordered it for my neice and nephew. They were delighted with the book. The story was cute and fun. As soon as my sister finished reading it they wanted to hear it again. I'll definitely buy the next picture book for them too.

I rarely review anything on Amazon, and pre-order something with even less frequency. But this was so worth it. You don't even have to be familiar with "Strange Planet" to appreciate all the hilarious euphemisms. It's a fun, quick read. I can't wait to share it with my 7yo and 5yo girls, who love both vibrating creatures and a good bedtime story. 😊

I love the original Strange Planets so as I soon as I saw they were doing a book about cats, I had to get it. This one is actually geared towards children (ages 4-8) so it definitively reads different than the other ones. I didn't realize that when I got it so I'll likely donate it, but still very cute and a great gift for children who like cats or parents trying to introduce kids to cats.

3.5 starsI love the Strange Planet comics and had to check out this picture book. A parent and their child spend the day following their cat around the house. They observe it’s movements, record their observations, and then try to mimic it. Would be great if there was more depth to the story. However, this book would be a fun way to get young kids excited about learning the scientific method or studying animals.Fans of the Strange Planet comic will enjoy reading this with their kids. Ages 4-8.

Loved the first two Strange Planet books so much that I pre-ordered this as soon as it was publicised. Now I’m saving it as a gift for a family with a child young enough to need bedtime stories.I think I’ll wait until publication and take a look at the book in a bookstore before purchasing in future.As a children’s book, I would imagine it is highly effective. One ‘feature’ of the vibrating creature is looked at on each double spread, like the sounds of the environment in Bear Hunt, with a final summary of all the ‘features’ on the last double page, as with the rapid retreat when the bear is found. The illustrations are great as always, this book just isn’t played for laughs - it’s a breakthrough book into the bedtime reading market and I wish Nathan well with this new angle.

I've been a fan of strange planet for some time so got this book as soon as I could. My 3 year old was a bit unsure at first but I explained the idea that the 'aliens' call things different names to us and now he loves it. He has learnt half of it already and we've only had it 2 days!

My young daughter loves this book and likes to make her own version up as we go along. She has started calling out cats creatures!

Really liked strange planet 1, just being milked now. Mneh. I spose I’d also jump on the cash so I guess I shouldn’t judge. Although I did 😉

Cute and fun little book! I read this to my 5 year old daughter last night at bedtime and then heard her reading it to herself when she woke up this morning. She didn’t want to eat breakfast until she was done. She’s never done that before so it must be a hit!Update: this book has become a fast favourite for everyone in our house. Someone chooses it every night. It’s also the perfect length for tired parents because it’s not painfully long but also not so short that the child thinks you’ve ripped her off. You know what I’m talking about.