The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian #1: The Fuzzy Apocalypse

Explorer Troop 301 tries to save an exploding planet from a fluffy bunny and a devious alien in the first book of this funny, highly illustrated chapter book series based on the award-winning kids' podcast! Eight-year-old Finn is the first kid born in space and he spends his days looking for a new planet to call him with his three best friends and his robot, Foggy. He's used to wild, galaxy hopping adventures. But when Explorer Troop 301 gets stuck on a planet that's about to explode, Finn and his friends will have to face giant aliens, a leader with mind control powers, and one evil, fluffy bunny rabbit in order to save the planet . . . and themselves. Blast off into a brand-new adventure inspired by the popular award-winning kids' podcast! Like the podcast, the books are&nbsp;sort of like Scooby-Doo meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in space. The story centers on Finn Caspian, an 8-year-old boy aboard The Famous Marlowe 280 Interplanetary Exploratory Space Station. He and his friends Abigail, Elias, and Vale are&nbsp;Explorers Troop 301, taking off from the Marlowe to explore uncharted planets, help the occasional alien, and solve a mystery that threatens to destroy the Marlowe. The books in this series are for kids ages 7 to 12 looking for a funny, illustrated story to tear through. They contain no violence,&nbsp;a little bit of suspense, and some aliens who are real chuckleheads...

Children's Books

Messinger, Jonathan

Literature & Fiction

Harpercollins

Explorer Troop 301 tries to save an exploding planet from a fluffy bunny and a devious alien in the first book of this funny, highly illustrated chapter book series based on the award-winning kids’ podcast! 
Eight-year-old Finn is the first kid born in space and he spends his days looking for a new planet to call him with his three best friends and his robot, Foggy. 
He’s used to wild, galaxy hopping adventures. But when Explorer Troop 301 gets stuck on a planet that’s about to explode, Finn and his friends will have to face giant aliens, a leader with mind control powers, and one evil, fluffy bunny rabbit in order to save the planet . . . and themselves. 
Blast off into a brand-new adventure inspired by the popular award-winning kids’ podcast! Like the podcast, the books are sort of like Scooby-Doo meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in space. The story centers on Finn Caspian, an 8-year-old boy aboard The Famous Marlowe 280 Interplanetary Exploratory Space Station. He and his friends Abigail, Elias, and Vale are Explorers Troop 301, taking off from the Marlowe to explore uncharted planets, help the occasional alien, and solve a mystery that threatens to destroy the Marlowe. 
The books in this series are for kids ages 7 to 12 looking for a funny, illustrated story to tear through. They contain no violence, a little bit of suspense, and some aliens who are real chuckleheads...\nFrom School Library Journal\nGr 1-3-In this early reader chapter book, a young troop of interstellar space scouts explore both a new planet and the limits of their friendship. Finn and his best friends are the children of astronauts. The four kids and their robot sidekick are tasked with finding a planet that humans can inhabit. On the first prospective planet, they meet Doug, a manipulative alien who convinces them that ne'er-do-well bunnies are set to destroy his planet, and that an explosion is imminent. But the lone remaining bunny tells a different story, and is desperate to escape the despotic Doug, who can plant messages and images in the minds of those around him. Finn and his friends have to decide who to believe and how to help. The tension is high between Finn and his friend Abigail, the scouting group captain, because they both want to be in charge, and their plan of action is complicated further when Doug uses his mind-control powers to split the troop. Reminders of the countdown to explosion set an exciting tone, and colorful descriptions of the planet being explored are both vivid and entertaining. The fast-paced plot dabbles in high stakes problems, but the narrative remains lighthearted and at times downright silly, as do Bitskoff's cheerful illustrations, sprinkled throughout the text. Messinger has written a book for beginning readers that impressively tackles how kids can express their emotions-which also includes a thinly veiled metaphor for climate change and individual and societal responsibility-but manages to keep the tone merry throughout. VERDICT Finn and friends learn that teamwork means not doing everything yourself and that relying on each other's specialty areas and strengths makes them stronger as a troop. Highly recommended for juvenile fiction collections.-Lauren Younger, Univ. of Dallas Lib.α(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian #2: The Accidental Volcano

Finn and Explorer Troop 301 face off against angry rock giants in the second book of this funny illustrated chapter book series based on the award-winning kids' podcast! Finn Caspian, his three best friends, and his robot Foggy are excited to explore a brand-new planet . . . until Finn's mom makes them bring along an annoying new robot named Voltronix Zu. Putting up with Voltronix's bragging is bad enough, but when he accidentally turns the planet inside out, the Explorers get attacked by angry rock giants! Can the four friends find a way to save the planet--and the bubble aliens who live there--before Voltronix causes a volcanic disaster Blast off into a brand-new adventure inspired by the popular award-winning kids' podcast! Like the podcast, the books are&nbsp;sort of like Scooby-Doo meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in space. The story centers on Finn Caspian, an 8-year-old boy aboard The Famous Marlowe 280 Interplanetary Exploratory Space Station. He and his friends Abigail, Elias, and Vale are&nbsp;Explorers Troop 301, taking off from the Marlowe to explore uncharted planets, help the occasional alien, and solve a mystery that threatens to destroy the Marlowe. The books in this series are for kids ages 7 to 12 looking for a funny illustrated story to tear through. They contain no violence,&nbsp;a little bit of suspense, and some aliens who are real chuckleheads...

Finn and Explorer Troop 301 face off against angry rock giants in the second book of this funny illustrated chapter book series based on the award-winning kids’ podcast! 
Finn Caspian, his three best friends, and his robot Foggy are excited to explore a brand-new planet . . . until Finn’s mom makes them bring along an annoying new robot named Voltronix Zu. 
Putting up with Voltronix’s bragging is bad enough, but when he accidentally turns the planet inside out, the Explorers get attacked by angry rock giants! Can the four friends find a way to save the planet—and the bubble aliens who live there—before Voltronix causes a volcanic disaster? 
Blast off into a brand-new adventure inspired by the popular award-winning kids’ podcast! Like the podcast, the books are sort of like Scooby-Doo meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in space. The story centers on Finn Caspian, an 8-year-old boy aboard The Famous Marlowe 280 Interplanetary Exploratory Space Station. He and his friends Abigail, Elias, and Vale are Explorers Troop 301, taking off from the Marlowe to explore uncharted planets, help the occasional alien, and solve a mystery that threatens to destroy the Marlowe. 
The books in this series are for kids ages 7 to 12 looking for a funny illustrated story to tear through. They contain no violence, a little bit of suspense, and some aliens who are real chuckleheads...

The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian #3: The Uncommon Cold

Finn and Explorer Troop 301 get trapped on a planet riddled with viral robots in the third book of this funny chapter book series based on the award-winning kids' podcast! Finn's best robot bud, Foggy, comes down with a weird virus while exploring a planet full of dancing robots. But he won't let Finn help him. Foggy only wants to dance the Hokey Pokey with his new robot friends! Now Finn and Explorers Troop 301 have to find a cure before the robots attack. But can Finn also fix his friendship with Foggy Or will his robot BFF stay on the two-stepping planet forever Blast off into a brand-new adventure inspired by the popular award-winning kids' podcast! Like the podcast, the books are&nbsp;sort of like Scooby-Doo meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in space. The story centers on Finn Caspian, an 8-year-old boy aboard The Famous Marlowe 280 Interplanetary Exploratory Space Station. He and his friends Abigail, Elias, and Vale are&nbsp;Explorers Troop 301, taking off from the Marlowe to explore uncharted planets, help the occasional alien, and solve a mystery that threatens to destroy the Marlowe. The books in this series are for kids ages 7 to 12 looking for a funny illustrated story to tear through. They contain no violence,&nbsp;a little bit of suspense, and some aliens who are real chuckleheads...

Finn and Explorer Troop 301 get trapped on a planet riddled with viral robots in the third book of this funny chapter book series based on the award-winning kids’ podcast! 
Finn’s best robot bud, Foggy, comes down with a weird virus while exploring a planet full of dancing robots. But he won’t let Finn help him. Foggy only wants to dance the Hokey Pokey with his new robot friends! 
Now Finn and Explorers Troop 301 have to find a cure before the robots attack. But can Finn also fix his friendship with Foggy? Or will his robot BFF stay on the two-stepping planet forever? 
Blast off into a brand-new adventure inspired by the popular award-winning kids’ podcast! Like the podcast, the books are sort of like Scooby-Doo meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in space. The story centers on Finn Caspian, an 8-year-old boy aboard The Famous Marlowe 280 Interplanetary Exploratory Space Station. He and his friends Abigail, Elias, and Vale are Explorers Troop 301, taking off from the Marlowe to explore uncharted planets, help the occasional alien, and solve a mystery that threatens to destroy the Marlowe. 
The books in this series are for kids ages 7 to 12 looking for a funny illustrated story to tear through. They contain no violence, a little bit of suspense, and some aliens who are real chuckleheads...

The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian #4: Journey to the Center of That Thing

Finn Caspian and Explorers Troop 301 dive into the belly of a planet-sized alien in the fourth book of this illustrated chapter book series based on the award-winning kids' podcast! Explorers Troop 301 has explored a lot of planets hoping to find a place to call home. But their latest mission feels like the most&nbsp;boring&nbsp;ever--until they get chased by giant&nbsp;ANTibodies straight into the planet's open mouth! Uh-oh! This planet is really a ginormous,&nbsp;planet-sized alien&nbsp;and the explorers are her lunch!&nbsp; Can Finn and his friends make it through all thirty-five stomachs, battle an army of ants, out-whiz a super-computer in a deadly game of trivia, and find a way out Or are they doomed to be part of the planet's balanced diet The books in this series are for kids ages 7 to 12 looking for a funny illustrated story to tear through. They contain no violence,&nbsp;a little bit of suspense, and some aliens who are real chuckleheads.

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The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian #1: The Fuzzy Apocalypse

The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian #1: The Fuzzy Apocalypse

The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian #2: The Accidental Volcano

The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian #2: The Accidental Volcano

The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian #3: The Uncommon Cold

The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian #3: The Uncommon Cold

The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian #4: Journey to the Center of That Thing

The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian #4: Journey to the Center of That Thing