Book Descriptions
for Some of the Kinder Planets by Tim Wynne-Jones
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
In nine enticing stories, Canadian author Tim Wynne-Jones introduces readers to young characters who are memorable not for their cuteness or precocity, but for their quirkiness, their tenderness, their integrity and their humor. The imaginative stories cast a spell of enchantment, yet there is no mystery or magic involved. Instead, the powerful sense of wonder they evoke comes from the author's deep appreciation for the humor, creativity, energy and imagination of children, and his ability to turn the childhood feelings of difference and alienation into a source of strength and comfort, and a means of connection. (Ages 10-14)
CCBC Choices 1995. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1995. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
Here are nine stories as unusual as the planets in the solar system! Why is Fletcher pasting the names of exotic places on his body? Because he'd like to visit them - and the last name left will be the first place he'll go, once he's old enough. And then there's Cluny, who wants to publish a magazine for people with weird names, and Ky Mori, whose family's ultra-high-tech house convinces a stranger that he's been kidnapped by aliens. They are three of the nine people in this book - all of whom are trying to find their own place in the universe. -- Cover.
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.