The Space Brat book series includes Space Brat, Space Brat 2: Blork's Evil Twin, Space Brat 3: The Wrath of Squat, Space Brat 4: Planet of the Dips, and Space Brat 5: The Saber-toothed Poodnoobie. According to comments from the author, Bruce Coville, the first Space Brat story version was written in 1977. He intended to make it a picture book, and his wife (Katherine Coville) even drew a few sample illustrations. The editor disagreed with this idea, however, saying he "didn't think kids would be interested in reading about a noseless green humanoid from outer space." Ironically, this was a few years before Steven Spielberg's movie E.T. was released. The series revolves around Blork, a young alien who lives on the planet Splat where children are hatched instead of born and remain quiet for three months until they eventually learn to get up and walk. In the case of Blork, a piece of his shell got stuck behind his ear resulting in him crying non-stop at the nursery where he was hatched. Because children on Splat are not expected to cry, one of the robots stuck a label on his forehead, categorizing him as a "Brat." Eventually the eggshell fell away, but having cried for so long Blork never got the same amount of sleep as the other children and was slightly crankier. Because he was categorized as a brat early on, many inhabitants of Blork came to expect him to be one and would always blame him for things that weren't necessarily his fault. Over time, the things he wasn't responsible for resulted in Blork getting punished. Eventually, the constant blame causes Blork to throw a tantrum. At school, the principal calls for the Head Man--someone who handles such situations. The Head Man suggests that rather than punish Blork, people should be more sympathetic to him in order to improve his development as a youth. Paired with the previous punishments, as well as not being punished in the future Blork decides to take advantage of this by actually pulling pranks. As Blork got worse, his tantrums got better. However, on one occasion where he was given a D grade in class--Blork attempted to throw a tantrum, which ultimately doesn't work. The next day, Blork decides to take his pet poodnoobie Lunk to show and tell. When Blork was young, he had found Lunk by accident as he was