Jonny Duddle

Rex, a boy from a "small moon in the Gamma Quadrant" who lives on his parent's moog farm has big plans to become the king of space by creating an army and crushing other planets and solar systems. Although he has big plans he still must go to school where his class must make robots. He plans on making a robot that will crush other robots. His teacher, Miss Brain, is not impressed with his robot and asks his mom and dad to come into school where they are told that the other kids were upset about their robots being crushed. Later that day Rex has his robot dig a warbot factory and he asks his friend Blip to help in his factory. Blip thinks this is all for an extra-credit school assignment. During the weekend Rex convinces his parent's that he's sleeping over at a friends house but instead he defeats the Western Spiral. He then decides to coronate himself and show the coronation to everyone in the universe as he declares himself king. This angers Emperor Bob and the Galactic Alliance, who think Rex is acting badly. Rex kidnaps Emperor Bob's daughter, Princess Kooki. The Galactic Alliance shows up at Rex's house for the princess. Rex is nervous and tells his parents everything he's been up to, plus he says he does not "want to play" any longer. Rex's mom is able to convince the Galactic Alliance to take back the princess and simply leave. They comply and Rex crawls into bed, this time with a bigger plan to take over the universe. This book has amazing illustrations, which are, at times, presented like a graphic novel, and a fun, imaginative storyline that is highly engaging for children. It allows for an entertaining discussion about space and other planets.… (més)