I adore They Came From Planet Zabalooloo. This is probably one of my favourite books ever. It follows three very giggly, dancey and excited aliens – Zoron, Bazoo and Zob – on an important mission to planet Earth to bring back something BIG! They arrive in their spaceship, which has a steering wheel, space biscuits and a party area. But Zoron, Bazoo and Zob are just too excited when they see an enormous elephant, and Bazoo is a COMPLETE NINCOMPOOP and wants a funny photo with the elephant. Unfortunately this delay has consequences and the trio are forced to find a medium-size thing from planet Earth instead – a lion! This time it is Zob who is the COMPLETE OVEREXCITED NINCOMPOOP! He does a crazy wigglewoggle dance and wakes the lion! Oh no! This book is such a happy book, you will find yourself doing crazy wiggle-woggle dances and shouting OOH LA LA and WOW-WEE! with your kids long after the last page has been turned.

Dani Solomon is a children’s and YA specialist at Readings Kids.