12 full-color pages featuring 6 flapsEach spread features an interactive flap concealing a fun, unexpected and friendly character or hidden aspect for children to discover at their own paceAlong with Bigfoot Baby!, Alien Baby! kicks off the Hazy Dell Flap Book series. Two more entries are scheduled for Fall/Winter 2020: Pumpkin Baby! and Yeti Baby! Alien Baby is a nongendered character for every child to identify with (there are no gendered pronouns in the text) The Alien Baby character is reminiscent of the gray alien creature that reached a high popularity in the 1990s thanks to shows like The X-Files and Unsolved Mysteries Indie and mass merch appeal: While delivering a quirky, imaginative aesthetic that appeals to the indie bookstore market, these flap books are concurrently primed for the mass merch market with a competitive price point, easy-to-grasp concept, and sturdy interactive flaps. The day-long adventure models the excitement and joy of a young child starting to gain agency in a world full of wonder, developing the social confidence to interact with others outside of their family Appeals to parents who are enthusiastic about cryptids and monsters but want to offer their very young children an introduction to these creatures in a nonthreatening, non-scary way Reimagines the monster fun of the Hazy Dell Press Monster Series (ages 1-7) for a younger audience (0-4).
| ISBN: | 9781948931090 |
| Publication date: | 21st May 2020 |
| Author: | Elias Barks |
| Illustrator: | Meg Hunt |
| Publisher: | Hazy Dell Press |
| Format: | Board book |
| Pagination: | 12 pages |
| Series: | Hazy Dell Flap Book |