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Ceto's New Friends
By Leah Haley and Lisa Dusenberry (illustrator)
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32 Pages, Hardcover
Cover Size: 8.5 x 11 inches
Date: 1994
Country of Origin: USA
Added to Catalog: 12/16/96
(Revised 12/96)
WIRT: 21534532
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Features: Drawings, Larger Format
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Credibility
2
Low |
Research Value
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Very Low |
Cultural Interest
5
Very High |
Visual Information
3
Moderate |
Style
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Stylish |
Silliness
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Very High |
Wow Factor
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Interesting |
Bargain
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This is a colorfully illustrated
children's book in the spirit of "Dick and Jane"
that introduces Ceto, a friendly gray alien who takes
two
doe-eyed children away in a spaceship to play with
him. Written
by a UFO abductee, this book teaches the pre-school
set, "It's okay
- they're our friends." (No distinction is drawn
between
lovable aliens and human strangers who you should
never go
away with.) One reviewer has suggested that this book
should
be locked away in the gun cabinet and read by adults
only,
but we appreciate it as a cultural artifact. Contains
all of
231 words in big print. Overpriced, but bound to be
a
collector's item.
-- Glenn Campbell
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Annie and Seth wanted to go for a ride, so they hurried toward
the big silver ball in the sky.
They all joined hands.
They saw a big white light shoot out of the spaceship. Ceto
said, "Let us step into the light."
The light took them up into Ceto's spaceship.
Ceto taught Annie and Seth how to float in the air.
He taught them how to talk with their eyes.
He let them punch bright colored buttons.
Promotional Material from the Publisher
BOOK TEACHES PRESCHOOLERS ABOUT EXTRATERRESTRIALS DESPITE MILITARY
ATTEMPTS TO SILENCE AUTHOR; SPARKS DEBATE AMONG PSYCHOLOGISTS
COLUMBUS, Miss., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Ignoring what she says were
"threats at gunpoint" to keep silent about her abductions by "chalky-
colored
creatures with big black eyes," an educator has published an illustrated
book
to ease young children's fears about extraterrestrials.
Based on author Leah Haley's personal experiences, "Ceto's New Friends"
($18.95, Greenleaf Publications, 601-328-8152), has psychologists debating
the wisdom of depicting "ETs" as friendly.
"Had I been taught about aliens as a child, I would have suffered less
trauma from my encounters," says Haley, who was declared sane by all three
therapists she saw to seek a "cure" for memories of abductions by aliens.
"The government's policy for blacking out news of these experiences
causes a
lot of fear." Sacramento psychologist Richard Boylan, a founder of the
Association of Clinical Close Encounter Therapists, says, "It's an
excellent
tool for helping children assimilate these bizarre experiences and
a valuable
aid to parents who are trying to understand. I highly recommend it." But
a well-known abduction researcher would not endorse "Lost Was the Key"
(Haley's nonfiction account for adults) for fear his name might be
connected
with her children's book. "Teaching children that ETs are friendly is like
teaching them to take candy from strangers," he says.
"Children can run from strangers," Haley counters, "but not from aliens.
Abductions occur despite all efforts to prevent them. Why not ease the
trauma they cause?" She is no stranger to trauma. Following one
encounter, she says, uniformed men seized her, took her to a military base,
drugged her, interrogated her, threatened her with guns, and ordered, "You
did not see a spaceship, do you understand?!" Two masters degrees and a CPA
license did not keep her from being fired when she told university
officials
she would not teach classes on that base.
Going public has ruined Haley's marriage and several friendships, but she
insists, "They'll have to kill me to shut me up." Because some bookstores
carry no books about UFOs and aliens, she offers a free catalog. Write:
P.O. Box 70563, Tuscaloosa, AL 35407-0563.
"Ceto's New Friends," $18.95; "Lost Was the Key," $19.95.
Bookstores can order through their distributors.
/CONTACT: Marc Davenport, Greenleaf Publications, 601-328-8152/
CO: Greenleaf Publications
ST: Mississippi
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