This is such a cute book for kids! The illustrations are fun and colorful and the story is fun and highly likely to keep kids interested in learning about the red planet, Mars. I can’t wait to buy it for my grandson!

This was a really cute Children’s book. I think it had a good message and wonderful artwork. Definitely something my son would enjoy.

Unusual book, that is either about the anxiety of dealing with friends, as conveyed by a planet who at first hates probes and rocket landings and satellites, but comes to want human presence on his surface – or it's a bit of Muskian propaganda in line with his conspiring to colonise Mars. Either way, the visual craft in anthropomorphising the planet is wonderful, and there's a bit of easy science here as well as some daft jokes and a summary of our Martian exploration to date. It is peculiar that that is dressed up with such a layer of self-help friendship advice for the very young, mind.

Moving to Mars is a great introductory picture book about how planets differ. The story starts off by Mars enjoying life in peace and quiet but slowly wants to have friends. Amongst the robotic equipment he misses the interaction that humans can give. Mars prepares his planet to allow for human life. Humans are not ready to live on Mars and he learns to interact and enjoy who is already around him.

Thank you to Netgalley for the advance read copy.

Overall it was a very cute story. I liked that they were able to make something educational interesting for children. Illustrations are so important for children's stories and this one did very well.

Thank you NetGalley and Capstone for allowing me to review this digital ARC in exchange for an honest review. All views and opinions expressed are purely my own and not affiliated with any brand.

This book was ADORABLE!! I enjoyed this story so much. Stef Wade did an amazing job and writing a fun story that also has facts in it as well as jokes! Who doesn’t love a good dad joke? The illustrations were beautiful. There was one picture in the middle of the story that had no words but spoke volumes. It struck me the most. I also loved the “travel” brochure that was at the end. This book is so good and I definitely recommend it to a friend.

Brightly drawn, this book teaches children about the universe, Mars, and space. There are jokes in this book, although I think they might be a bit over the head of the target audience. However, parents will enjoy reading it to their young ones.

This book was adorable! It has a fantastic mix of humour for kids and parents, and facts which are sure to please any space lover out there. On top of that it does a great job of opening Mars up to others and shows how a simple change can lead to new friends. I will definitely be adding this one to my class library!

I am not sure what age this book is targeted to but I read it with a 5 almost 6 year old who has a new interest in “outside space” and it sadly missed the mark.

The best part is the illustrations which are bold and colourful (however I could have done without the exaggerated eyelashes- did we really need to gender planets? Ugh.) but i found the story itself fo be “clunky” for a lack of a better word and if lacked flow. I can see that the author was trying to teach us something but not very far into the story my little guy was fidgeting and not interested in the story.

A for effort but over all disappointed. Would not recommend this book to my pre-school teacher friends or parents.

I love space stories and this one is so cute! Not only will this one help children know what Mars is, where it’s location is, what it’s weather is like, etc… but it also delves into Earth’s exploration which I love!

I love to think of Mara as not wanting to be lonely and have people too.

The artwork is beautiful and I found Mars’s expressions hilarious.

I definitely recommend for any young reader in your life!

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you, Capstone, for the advanced release copy. This lovely book is my absolute favorite kind of picture book - an easy to follow plot about planets and friendship, laugh out loud funny lines, and informative space facts seamlessly sprinkled on nearly every page. The last page is full of fun tidbits about Mars arranged in a inventive travel guide format. The illustrations are eye-catching and engaging without being overwhelming. This book is a fantastic read aloud and belongs on the shelf of any kid who loves laughing or space or laughing about space!

I totally adored the author's delightful earlier picture book, A PLACE FOR PLUTO, and MOVING TO MARS is equally exciting and fun. Poor Mars is reclusive and solitary, but exploratory devices start visiting it. It's tried to diligently ignore its two moons, Phobos and Deimos, but now here are all these machines poking and prodding. It's annoying plus it tickles! But suddenly, once all the visitors are gone, Mars thinks it might just be a little lonely, and starts figuring out how best to attract humans!

Thank you, Capstone, for the advance reading copy.

This story picture book is a basic beginner's book to explain the basic differences between the Mars and the Earth trying to tell some basic things on what makes the Earth a habitable planet while for Mars it isn't.

The illustrated artwork is basic and quite easy to follow.

A fun book to read with kids. I will be following this series.