The Space Ship Under the Apple Tree

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Cover of the first book in series

The Space Ship Under the Apple Tree is a children's science fiction book series by Louis Slobodkin, and also the name of the first book in the series.^[1] The books were published by Macmillan.

The series involves a Boy Scout named Eddie who meets an alien in his apple orchard who comes from the planet Martinea. The series humorously depicts their friendship as Eddie tries to explain the strange things that humans do and why.

Series[]

• The Space Ship Under the Apple Tree (1952)
• The Space Ship Returns to the Apple Tree (1958)
• The Three-Seated Spaceship (1962)
• Round Trip Spaceship (1968)
• The Spaceship in the Park (1972)

Eddie also appears as a Cub Scout in an earlier book called Bixxy and the Secret Message (1949).

References[]

External links[]

• Louis Slobodkin's books

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