I can't explain enough how much of a wonderful book this is! I happened to pick the book up from the shelf at a book fair we had at the school I work at. I know you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover but the illustrations just jumped out at me. I bought the book to read to my class and haven't regretted it. The children thoroughly enjoyed the story with it's brilliant characters, imaginitive story line and fantastic language features which the children really could pick up on and use in their own writing. We have done a whole topic for the whole half term based on the story and the children never got fed up. There are so many writing links to the story, I was able to link maths to it and with the planets there is also Science. The opportunities are endless with this book and I urge all teachers out there to buy this book for their children, even if it's just for pleasure! I also read it to my nephews for pleasure and they have loved it too and off their own backs have gone away and created their own Loonzoomers. I am going to buy the hardback copy as a keepsake.