Question 1

What is 'Is Anybody Out There?'

Accepted Answer

'Is Anybody Out There?' is a picture book, the perfect gift for a child who loves stargazing.

What's more, they get to be be involved in interplanetary contact!

Send a message in a bottle out into the universe and receive the magical book as a reply from a faraway planet!

Question 2

How does 'Is Anybody Out There?' work?

Accepted Answer

"Have you ever wondered if there is life on other planets? This is the perfect gift for a child who loves stargazing, and what's more they get to be involved in the magic!

Write your own message describing Planet Earth and place it in a bottle of any size. Leave it outside for one of the astronomy owls to pick up. They live in the tallest tree in the wood. It's so high they can see the edge of space from the top branches! They will send your bottle out into the stars/universe. Place an order for your book via the 'Is Anybody Out There?' website and you will receive a book as a reply to your message from a faraway planet."

Question 3

What Do I Need to Do?

Accepted Answer

Firstly, place your order for the book on the website. It goes through to a linked printing company to be processed and printed and when it's ready it will be posted to you via Royal Mail first class post (UK).

Whilst you are waiting for your book to arrive, write a message to send out into Space. You can be as descriptive as you like. What would you like to tell somebody on another planet about Earth?

Find a bottle – any kind of bottle will do! Post your message inside it and leave it somewhere outside where it can be picked up by the astronomy owls! They live in the tallest tree in the wood. It's so high they can see the edge of space from the top of the branches. They will send your bottle out into the universe, and very shortly you will receive your magical book as a reply from a faraway planet!

Question 4

Can I Include My Child's Name in the Message?

Accepted Answer

You can write whatever you like in your message. However, please note although the bottle itself features in the story, 'Is Anybody Out There?' is not a personalised children's books so individual names and facts will not be referred to.

Question 5

What If I Can't Think Of Anything to Write in the Message?

Accepted Answer

Please feel free to use the text below if you would prefer:

Greetings from planet Earth!

I am sending this note out into the stars to find out if there is life out there on any other planets.

I am a human child from Planet Earth, the third planet from the Sun in our solar system, part of the Milky Way galaxy.

Earth is a beautiful planet. Most of the Earth’s surface is water, but as well as the blue waves of the ocean there are mountains with high snow-capped peaks, deep valleys, dense forests, green pastures and all kinds and colours of beautiful flowers and foliage.

There are billions of humans on Planet Earth and we are learning the best ways to take care of this special place, and the other creatures who live here. There are lots of those – purring cats, elephants with their long trunks, monkeys swinging by their tails from the branches of trees.

Some humans live in big cities where tall buildings soar up towards the sky. Others live in homes in towns or small villages, surrounded by nature.

I hope this message lands safely on a faraway planet and you enjoy reading it and learning a little about planet Earth. Maybe you might even be able to reply. I would love to find out more about whoever is out there!

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Frequently asked questions

What is 'Is Anybody Out There?'

How does 'Is Anybody Out There?' work?

What Do I Need to Do?

Can I Include My Child's Name in the Message?

What If I Can't Think Of Anything to Write in the Message?