Books with author Natalie Standiford

While Roy and his parents are away for the weekend, Space Dog can finally walk on two feet and eat normal food, just like he did back home on the Planet Queekrg. But Space Dog's vacation turns into a dog's worst nightmare when he's chased out of his yard...right into the arms of a dogcatcher! Will Roy return in time to save his new best friend? Space Dog in Trouble is the third book in the critically acclaimed Space Dog quartet. Packed with pooches, aliens, and lots of laughs, the four tales about this stellar canine are truly out of this world!

What if your birthday wish turned you into someone else? Lavender and Scarlet are nothing alike. Scarlet is tall, pretty, and popular -- the star of the soccer team and the queen of the school. Lavender is . . . well, none of these things. Her friends aren't considered cool, her hair is considered less than uncool, and her performance at the recent talent show is something nobody will ever forget -- even though she really, really wants it to be forgotten. There's only one thing Lavender and Scarlet know for sure they have in common: the same birthday. They've never had parties together. They've never swapped presents. But this year, because of two wishes that turned all too true, they are about to swap something much bigger than presents. Because the morning after their birthdays, Lavender is going to wake up in Scarlet's body . . . and Scarlet is going to wake up in Lavender's. But in order to change back, they're going to have to figure out how to be someone completely opposite of who they ordinarily are...

After a burglary in the neighborhood, Roy's dad insists that Space Dog get to work and guard the house. Space Dog can do lots of things that other dogs --like walk, talk, and spell--but scaring away robbers isn't one of them. In fact, Space Dog is the most hopeless watchdog Roy has ever seen. He's got a lot to learn--and fast--or Roy's dad may trade him in for a new model!From the Trade Paperback edition.

Illustrated in full color. Inspired by a description of astronauts asleep aboard the Space Shuttle, Astronauts are Sleeping is a bedtime book that is at once a reverie and a visual tour de force. A bright, eager voice describes three sleeping astronauts whizzing around the earth in a space capsule and asks the thought-provoking question "What do the astronauts see in their dreams?" Magnificent pastels by Allen Garns show planets that are breathtaking, astronauts who are alive, and a galaxy that is lush, deeply textured, and beautiful to look at. And happily, readers do discover what the astronauts are seeing in their dreams: they are seeing their homes on earth and memories of their happy childhoods.

When a spaceship crashes in his backyard, Roy gets what he's always wanted--a dog of his very own! But Space Dog is no ordinary mutt and he isn't about to start acting like one. He's an explorer from the planet Queekrg. He reads the paper, eats pizza, and he's never even heard of dog food. "The standard boy-and-his-dog tale takes on a new dimension...Roy's attempts to convert his new pet to the ways of this world are hilarious."-- Publishers Weekly