Children's Picture Books - Spacesnake

Spacesnake is a monstrous space-roaming machine that terrorizes people called "Asterians" who live in an asteroid belt, but the Spacesnake is not what it seems.

This story pokes fun at our reliance on technology for entertainment and communication. It satirizes our use of machines to make us look bigger and feel more important. The asteroids in this story, like cars or homes, are equipped with everything to make the lives of the Asterians exciting. However, all this modernity may actually be pulling them away from each other, making them fearful and cowardly in the face of real or percieved dangers. It might be making them less human. What kind of people need to wrap themselves up in a giant robot or connect themselves to a computer in order to feel acceptance, to be loved, or to be part of the journey of life?

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