This cute book tells the story of a family of aliens that land on Earth hoping to take a picture of a human. It happens that they land at a zoo, so they have to work pretty hard to find a human. As the family walks around, they compare the traits of humans with other animals and decide that the other animals are not human. In the end, the author includes humor, where the family finally gets their picture of a human. However, it is revealed that they actually took a picture of a monkey. I think this book is perfect for younger audiences, perhaps 2-4 years old. It is a short, quick read, with pictures that are engaging. The humor at the end is also placed perfectly.

Smile If You're Human is an great book. There book is written so that there is never more than two sentences on a page. This allows new readers to make it through the book easily. I like that the book features descriptions of animals so children are able to take away little bits of information about kangaroos, tigers, penguins, giraffes, and gorillas. The book can also open up a conversation about how humans are similar to apes since the aliens thought that the gorilla was a human. For older students this could be an introduction to a discussion on evolution. The downside to this book was the illustrations. I thought that even though they went with the story, the sloppy style they were drawn was not appealing. Overall, this is an excellently written book with a funny story that will make young readers laugh every time they open the book. ( )

Grades: K-3
Genre: Science Fiction
Themes: Silly
This is a cute story about Martians that come to earth to take a picture of a human. They go through the zoo looking at all the animals and determining that they are not humans and why. Then they come to a creature that they are sure is human. In the end they take a picture of a smiling hairy gorilla which the believe is human. The best part of a human is that they have the biggest smile ever. this story is really cute and I enjoyed it and I think that the lower elementary teachers could use this book to begin to learn what human is. Why we are different from animals. Also maybe it could be use to discuss smiling as well as other emotions. ( )