Moonbeam Gold Medalist: How to Be an Earthling

How to Be an Earthling® is a Moonbeam 2016 Gold Medal Winner in the Best Book Series—Chapter—Book category! The first title in the series, #1 Spork Out of Orbit is also a Silver Medalist!

After crash landing his spaceship on the school playground, Spork joins Mrs. Buckle’s third-grade class to fulfill his mission of earning a Galaxy Scouts Explorer Badge! Spork has a lot to learn about what it means to be an earthling. 

Respect, responsibility, and honesty are strange and unheard of to Spork! Each book in this humorous and genuine series focuses on a positive character trait and encourages children to think about how their words and actions affect others.

 
Praise for the How to Be an Earthling® series:
“A good choice for those new to chapters; concluding logic puzzles and quizzes in the backmatter are a bonus.” —Kirkus

Both this book and the series would be good additions for collections that need additional early chapter books. Recommended.”—School Library Connection
Find the complete series here!