The Rock from the Sky Paperback – 1 Sept. 2022

I love these books! We have all three of the 'I want my hat back' series so we had to get this for our collection.I'm sure these books are partly written for adults with the dry, slightly dark sense of humour and the blunt storytelling!This book is in three parts (96 pages!) and follows a conversation between a tortoise and an armadillo discussing the best place to stand!There is a big rock about to fall from the sky so you start to worry about how safe the spot actually is!By the third part (set in the future) there is an ominous alien space ship floating near their favourite spot too!I love the simple but brilliant illustrations in this book that just add to the humour and suspense in the story.I'm such a big Jon Klassen fan and my six year daughter and I both laughed all the way through. I would highly recommend. These are fab picture books for slightly older children too who understand the more sophisticated humour!!

This is a great book. Very funny. The kids love it and so do I.

A simple story with repetition - quite funny and different. Was recommended in a list of books from my granddaughter’s school. Nicely illustrated and easy to read.

Another amazing book from this author.My son is such a reluctant reader, but always makes an exception for these books.Great story with the usual touch of humour.

This book is amusing. My 4 year old grandson adores it. The pictures are great

I bought this for my five year old granddaughters who loved The Skull. This is a subtle text. Complex and fairly challenging for small children. Lots of themes handled with a light touch. Needs more thought than The Skull, though that book has depths too. Recommended with slight reservations.

This is one of the best books I have ever read. I'm 53 and in publishing. It's right up there with all the grown-up novels I know. I nearly died laughing. I read it to my 21-year-old. He nearly died laughing. I read it to my 24-year-old. He nearly died laughing. I have bought it for my old Mama, and hope it won't polish her off when it arrives later today. I'm now scouting around for anyone I know with young children, though I'm not sure they'd find it quite so funny. Buy it. Go on. You'll be glad you did.

A country road. A tree. Evening. And so begins Act 1 of 5, our two behatted protagonists ruminating on their predicament, on the passing of the days and their place in the infinite expanse of time. In Act 3, a monster appears: devoid of conscience, compassion or remorse, it is perhaps the most chilling literary creation since Not Now Bernard. At this point, our two-year old instructed us to reseal the book in its Amazon delivery envelope and take it away, so he was unable to savour the story's striking conclusion. The book is a beautiful enigma.Edit: He's now four and loves the book!