Continuing "Space Week 2019" with a fabulous fictional trip to our nearest planetary neighbour, here's "Field Trip to the Moon" by Jeanne Willis and John Hare (Macmillan Children's Books)

We're celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the first Moon Landing with a whole week filled with books based on our love of Space Exploration.

Can you imagine how cool it would be to turn up to school knowing that you're off on a field trip to somewhere spectacularly out of this world?

Skip ahead a few years then for "Field Trip to the Moon" by Jeanne Willis and John Hare. A truly amazing day trip to a dusty destination is on the cards for a class full of kids.

One kid in particular finds the grey landscape a little less than inspiring, but up there in the dark inky black sky is a tiny blue and green orb - our own home planet, Earth.

A day trip to the moon? How cool would that be!

As the little girl sketches up a storm with her super-colourful crayons, the very worst thing happens. She's separated from her school group - who rocket off back to earth without her!

Lost and forlorn, the little girl soon realises that she's not alone...

ALIENS! Thankfully these are the nice kind!

Her new pals understand her plight, but thankfully the school realises it could be in serious trouble for leaving a pupil behind (don't teachers take head counts in the future?) and soon she's back on her way home - minus a few glorious colours from her crayon box.

This is whimsical, delightful stuff - again a fab inspiration for kids who look up at the moon and wonder what it would be like up there.

Sum this book up in a sentence: Brilliant rhymes, awesome illustrations and a fun jolly theme with wide appeal.

"Field Trip to the Moon" by Jeanne Willis and John Hare is out now, published by Macmillan Children's Books (kindly supplied for review).