The Soccer Mom from Outer Space

By Barney Saltzberg

Book Overview

Is a soccer-crazed mom really an alien from outer space? Find out in this funny picture book--a cautionary tale for soccer moms (and dads!) everywhere. The night before Lena's first soccer game of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517800632
• ISBN13: 9780517800638
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 0.3" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 8 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Courtesy of Kids @ Teens Read Too

We've all seen them, heard them, possibly been them. The mom who yells so loud when Timmy hits a double in Little League that glass shatters a block away. The dad who argues with the referee when innocent little Tina is called for traveling during her elementary school basketball game. It's a known fact that there are parents out there intent on embarrassing their children. THE SOCCER MOM FROM OUTER SPACE is a father's story to his daughter the night before her first soccer match. The dad recalls the time that HIS mother turned into an alien when he played for the Atomic Pickles: hooting, hollering, and even--oh the horror!, showing up at a match dressed in a giant pickle costume. Kids and parents will both delight in this humorous, yet true-to-life tale. A word of caution, though. Although THE SOCCER MOM FROM OUTER SPACE has a feel-good ending, I have a feeling most kids would react like my son did, which was by telling me that he'd never talk to me again if I EVER did something like that! Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"

Pokes fun at how heavily involved some parents get

Soccer Mom From Outer Space is a wild and enthusiastic picturebook written and illustrated by Barney Saltzberg that, with whimsical delight, pokes fun at how heavily involved some parents get into their children's games. The night before a young girl plays her first soccer game, her father confesses the true story of the soccer mom from outer space - who became transformed into an alien! Soccer Mom From Outer Space is highly recommended as a joyful, lighthearted, and fun-to-read tale.

A lively, entertaining story.

The soccer mom of this story was an ordinary mother until she attended her son's first match with the Atomic Pickles: there she turned into an alien who became an embarrassment at games. Readers with good reading skills will relish this lively story of a wild mother perhaps too supportive of her son.