Science Fiction

Picture Books and Easy Readers

Levy, Elizabeth.  SOMETHING QUEER IN OUTER SPACE. (XXF)

It's Gwen and Jill to the rescue when someone tries to sabotage Fletcher the basset hound's mission in space.  One in a series.

Murphy, Jill. WHAT NEXT BABY BEAR! (XXF)

Before his bath a little bear takes a quick trip to the moon.

Pinkney, Brian. COSMO AND THE ROBOT. (XXF)

Cosmo, a boy on Mars, uses his wits to stop a crazed robot.

Marshall, Edward. SPACE CASE. (XXF)

The Thing arrives from outer space just in time for Halloween.

Milgrim, David.  SEE OTTO. (XXE) 

Otto the robot falls to Earth from a space ship. First in a series.

Scieszka, Jon.  BALONEY, HENRY P.  (XXF)                                              

A transmission received from outer space tells of an alien schoolboy's fantastic excuse for being late to school again.

Staake, Bob.  HELLO ROBOTS. (XXF)                                

Nothing can stop robots from performing their many household tasks - until they get caught in a downpour.

Yolen, Jane. COMMANDER TOAD IN SPACE. (XXE)

Commander Toad and the crew of the Star Warts explore the universe. First in a series.

Grades 2-4

Benton, Jim.  THE FRAN THAT TIME FORGOT. (XF)                                      

Franny K. Stein is so embarrassed by her middle name that she creates a time machine to go back and change her name.

Cameron, Eleanor.  THE WONDERFUL FLIGHT TO THE MUSHROOM PLANET.  (XSF)           

A mystery man inspires two boys to build a space ship which takes them to Basidium to help the Mushroom people. First in a series.

Coville, Bruce. SPACE BRAT 2: BLORK’S EVIL TWIN. (XSF)

Everyone thought Blork was a brat, but that was before they met Krolb, the worst kid on the planet!

Daley, Michael J.  SPACE STATION RAT.  (XSF)                                     

A lavender rat and a lonely boy meet on an orbiting space station, and find themselves in need of each other's help and friendship.

Etra, Jonathan. ALIENS FOR BREAKFAST. (XSF)

Richard finds an intergalactic special agent in his cereal box.

Fine, Anne. THE CHICKEN GAVE IT TO ME. (XSF)

A book by a chicken tells of an alien plot to invade the earth.

Scieszka, Jon. 2095. (XF)

Three boys are zapped into the future, a very zany place.  One in a series.

Slote, Alfred. MY ROBOT BUDDY. (XSF)

For his 10th birthday, Jack gets a robot that looks and acts just like a normal boy. First in a series.

Spinner, Stephanie. BE FIRST IN THE UNIVERSE. (XSF)

10-year-old twins find a store in the mall full of alien gadgets, like an e-pet that eats people’s lies.

Grades 4-6

Becker, Bonny.  MY BROTHER, THE ROBOT. (XSF)                           

When his father buys a SIMON robot, advertised as “the perfect son”, Chip decides that he cannot compete with his new brother.

Christopher, John. THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. (XSF)

In a future in which aliens rule the earth, a boy escapes his village to find freedom in the Alps. First in a series.

Daley, Michael J.  SHANGHAIED TO THE MOON. (XSF)                         

13 year old Stewart meets an old spacer who offers to teach him during a flight to the moon in the year 2065.

Dodd, Quentin.  THE PRINCESS OF NEPTUNE.  (XSF)                     

Theora and her brother find themselves whisked to an intergalactic beauty contest on Neptune.

Etchemendy, Nancy. THE POWER OF UN. (XSF)

Gib has a device that allows him to undo events from the past, but using it is very complicated.

Fox, Helen.  EAGER.  (XSF)         

Robot EGR3, a.k.a. Eager, makes a startling discovery about the high-tech, humanesque BDC4 robots.

Greer, Gery.  MAX AND ME AND THE TIME MACHINE.  (XF)               

Steve buys a time machine and takes his friend Max to the year 1250 where they land in the middle of a jousting match.

Haarsma, P.J.  THE SOFTWIRE: VIRUS ON ORBIS 1. (XSF)          

When twelve-year-old Johnny and his sister arrive on Orbits in a space ship of orphans, he finds he has a unique ability to communicate with computers.

Hoover, H.M. ORVIS. (XSF)

Orvis may be an obsolete robot, but he may be the only hope for two children lost in the wilderness.

Jones, Diana Wynne. A TALE OF TIME CITY. (XSF)

An 11-year-old London girl is kidnapped from 1939 and taken to a city beyond time and history.

Paulsen, Gary.  THE TIME HACKERS.  (XSF)                                        

When someone plays a prank on Dorso Clayman, he and his best friend set off on a journey through space and time trying to stop the gamesters who are endangering the universe.

Service, Pamela. STINKER FROM SPACE. (XSF)

When Tsynq Yr crash lands on earth, he needs a new body, but the only available host is a skunk!

Sleator, William. SINGULARITY. (XSF)

Twin brothers find a gateway to another universe where time and space are distorted.

Valentine, James.  THE PAST IS GONE.  (XPBF, XSF)                   

When a defective time-jumping device strands Theodore, a teen from the future, in the 21st Century, he is helped by two high schoolers.  First in a series.

January 2008 (eb)