Text copyright © 2011 by Margaret McNamara. Jacket and interior illustrations copyright © 2011 by Mark Fearing.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
McNamara, Margaret. The three little aliens and the big bad robot / Margaret McNamara ; [illustrations by Mark Fearing].—1st ed.
p. cm. • Summary: Three aliens set off to find a new planet for themselves but soon Bork and Gork have forgotten all of their mother’s good advice and only Nklxwcyz builds a home safe enough to withstand the Big Bad Robot in this story reminiscent of “The Three Little Pigs.” • eISBN: 978-0-375-98694-9
[1. Extraterrestrial beings—Fiction. 2. Brothers and sisters—Fiction. 3. Robots—Fiction. 4. Outer space—Exploration—Fiction.] I. Fearing, Mark, ill. II. Three little pigs. English. III. Title. • PZ7.M47879343Thr 2012 • [E]—dc22 • 2010050153
The illustrations were drawn by hand and rendered digitally using collage techniques.
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