Illustrations: True Kelley
Grade Level: 3rd Grade and above
I really enjoyed reading "Hazel Nutt Alien Hunter". I think it was very friendly and welcoming to elementary students. This book reminded me of "The Magic School Bus" and makes each reading experience an adventure all its own. The plot around this book is based around Captain Nutt and his first mate who had two heads. The dynamic trio is suddenly attacked by a meatball shower and the Booby Prize (their spectacular spaceship) is forced to land on the planet Wutt which is fulled with Wutties. David Elliott's play on words makes the literature fun and exciting to read. Not only is this book a classic "Day in the life..." story but it also uses rhyme schemes and turns ordinary objects into exciting and different uses on the planet Wutt. I would definitely use this book in my classroom in order to demonstrate to my students the power of imagination and how it is possible to incorporate anything and everything into a story all their own. I also think that this book would inspire students to journal about their lives and to even put a creative spin on things in order to create their own fiction story. This book teaches a lot about writing itself and the illustrations incorporated are so different that I loved the interaction between all of the "Wutties", it seemed like each one was doing something different. Also the incorporation of the "Wuttie" language into the story could teach students to use creativity to give their own meaning to new words, and that when it comes to writing their options are limitless!
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