Beegu

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Inspiring children’s creative writing, they can describe and create the planet where Beegu originates and describe new planets Beegu can discover with her friends. The rest of the story offers good lessons on friendship and parental teaching as Beegu is redeemed in the end. The absolute cutest story- discussed in a lecture about how the illustrations represent the feelings of Beegu.

The book was intriguing because the character is not probably introduced and therefore it leaves the reader thinking what kind of creature beegu is .At last, the lonely Alien found a small group of children, who accepted the Alien regardless his differences. On the other hand, she does understand the important things, and when her parents eventually do rescue her, she informs them that "Earth creatures were mostly big and unfriendly, but there were some small ones who seemed hopeful. There are some questions which are left unanswered as a reader such as “Why didn’t any of the people on the street seem to notice Beegu, particularly when she didn’t seem to be of their world? I love how the children and puppies in this story are so welcoming to Beegu and it’s a big part of this story how the adults are not so welcoming. Although the plot is relatively simple- alien lands on Earth, tries to find friends, rescued by parents, tells them about her short time on Earth- there is so much that can be taken from this and the poignant pictures on each page.

After a while of being isolated from creatures the same as her, a big ship which had her parents in, came to rescue her. The loneliness felt by Beegu is heartfelt and I believe a lot of children will be able to empathise with her emotions at being a stranger in a new environment.Beegu soon finds some children in a playground who are accepting and become her earth friends until an adult finds her and she is once again discarded. She tells them all about how the big Earth creatures were unfriendly but the small ones seemed hopeful. Then an adult from an animal shelter finds Beegu and it is obvious that, “Beegu wasn’t wanted there. This is a fun, interesting and moving story with a happy ending, beautiful illustrations, colour palette and wonderful message.

They remind me of Allie Brosh’s dog illustrations that manage to pack so much expression into a line drawing.The illustrations are brilliant and therefore useful to look at with children because they link clearly with the story and can express emotions to children. But even this refuge is denied her, in the morning, when the shelter worker reacts poorly to finding this strange creature on his doorstep. Ignored by both the rabbits and leaves she seeks friendships from the adults she finds in the city of London, only to be dismissed. They appear to be done in water color and they are simple pictures, yet they convey a lot of emotion.