The Spaceship Under the Apple Tree

In the 1950's, I "discovered" the books in this series at my grammar school library by accident (sorry, no wonderful teacher story here.). A miracle they had a cool book like this since we had so few books in there. The title, pictures and the easy to read prose hooked me. So much so that I read it several times and even found the second book in the series - "The Space Ship Returns..." and read that a couple of times too. As I grew older, I would tell people about these books - asking them to keep an eye out for me at used book sales. I even searched the Web and eventually found the entire series from a used book seller. I plan on sharing these books with the little ones in my family. And I hope twenty, thirty, forty or as in my case, fifty years from now, they will do the same. I hope they get reprinted so more people can enjoy these fun books.

This is the book that started my love of reading. It is about a space alien named Marty that crash landed on Earth and lost the secret power Z. With the help of his new Earth friend Eddie the search begins. Their funny adventures made it hard to put the book down. I even turned my light back on one night after I was supposed to be sleeping so I could keep reading. I have the first two books in the series and definately want to read the rest.

I would love to use this book for a junior book discussion--the only problem is its not in print. This story is timeless. Please issue a reprint.

I just want to add my love of this book. I remember checking this book out of the library over and over again as a child. I'm 35 and for 25 years I've had memories come back to me from the wonders I imagined in this book. It made me LOVE books. When I imagine the fun of reading, this is the book that sticks out in my memory.