Although at first it doesn't jump out as a 'typical' children's story as the illustrations are of an older style, this is what makes it unique and also what draws the children to it. It follows the story of Bob, an ordinary man with the extra-ordinary job of keeping the moon clean and entertaining moon tourists. This excellent picture book has enough depth to captivate pupils and is an entertaining storytime choice for Year 1 and 2.

He has also written a popular series of illustrated fiction books about the adventures of Bob and his dog Barry. Man on the Moon: A Day in the Life of Bob (newly re-issued by Templar) is a truly wonderful piece of art and story alike. The illustrations are beautiful and unlike any children's story I have come across before; detailed and realistic, they are wonderful discussion points with your children or school class.And Bob manages all of this whilst apparently blissfully unaware of some rather huge and important information! looks at a day in the life of Bob and what he gets up to on the moon: cleaning and tidying, welcoming vistors, performing tricks for tourists and much more. Simon has introduced loads of children's books but is perhaps best known for his series of books following Bob the astronaut including, The Alien-Spotter's Handbook and in the picture book sequel Bob's Best Ever Friend.

Readers will delight in spotting all of the aliens that Bob misses noticing as he goes about his work as the man on the moon.Yourself and Bob are much cherished in our booky world and I personally really appreciate everything that you do. Bob is a wonderful character and the story itself is simplistic enough to engage any child from three years upwards. Since then, it's been a hilarious staple of night time reading, day time reading, Daddy reading to himself, and just general conversation between our children and ourselves. As the story progresses, the humorous narrative tells the reader that of course there are no aliens and that Bob is a Moon expert, but the illustrations clearly show aliens on each page - stealing his cake, hiding in a crater, in the bath tub. Although it's pure fantasy, Bob does ordinary things, like taking sandwiches for his lunch and vacuuming to keep everything clean and tidy.

Simon Bartram (author and illustrator) fully engages an audience of any age, you will never tire of reading this story. well, that is something that makes my little daughter laugh all the time and urge me to read the book over and over again. was the 15th anniversary of the creation of Bob, Man on the Moon, celebrate with this anniversary edition. This experience has been fantastic primarily for the children, the school and also for me (professionally).Spaceman Bob embarks on new space adventures with a disappearing moon, a movie career, clone chaos, a right royal disaster and some heartless robots in this anthology. Having completed his daily crossword on the way, one of his first jobs is to clean up the mess he believes astronauts have created.

The small-size aliens were fine and we could count them or just notice them around on different pages. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. But the double page spread in the centre is a BIT MUCH for 3 year olds and because of this, The Man on the Moon cannot be in the bedroom at night-time. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Our 35 th original show was also our first co-production with Swindon’s Sixth Sense Theatre Company, inspired by the book of the same name by Simon Bartram. My son whole heartedly loves proving Bob wrong and pointing out all the illustrations on each page, laughing in delight when he sees a 'cheeky alien' hiding from Bob. It toured to local schools and venues across the UK in summer 2010, followed by a second national tour in autumn 2011.