David Milgrim offers up an amusing extraterrestrial dreamscape in a story about a boy named Monty who wakes up on the wrong planet. Because it’s happened before, Monty isn’t too worried, but he is struggling to remember how he made it home again in the past. Neither his three-headed mother, his four-armed father, nor the plethora of creatures wandering around in horse costumes (because “everybody loves a horse”) are a help. Monty finds the answer he seeks on a visit to the Starman. “The sky was as big as it was beautiful. I wondered how I would ever find the earth in such a large place. It all made me feel very sleepy . . . .Then I closed my eyes. And when I woke up, I was home.” Milgrim’s droll picture book features engaging, childlike illustrations. (Ages 4–7 )

Monty's world seems a little different this morning. For one thing, he can't help noticing his mother suddenly has three heads. And is serving liver flakes for breakfast. Then there are the unusual animals he encounters, who all seem to be talking and . . . wearing costumes? There's no way around it--Monty has definitely woken up on the wrong planet.

The problem is, he has no idea how to get home. He needs advice. But from whom? The scatterbrained donkey? The no-nonsense ant? Or the old man on the mountaintop?

Readers will delight in joining Monty's journey through this oddball alternate universe, packed with funny details.