The Lonely Typewriter
Will be published approx. on 27. November 2014
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-56792-518-0 (ISBN)
Description
Oh, no! Pablo has homework due but the computer conked out! It's grandma's old typewriter to the rescue in this read-aloud picture book.
Pablo Pressman has homework to do, and Pablo will do almost anything to avoid doing his homework. But when his computer breaks down, he is desperate. His mother takes him up to the attic to discover her mother's old typewriter. "A what-writer?" asks Pablo, mystified. When his mother shows him how to strike the keys just so, and the words start to appear on paper, Pablo is delighted. And imagine his triumph when he presents his homework at school, amazing his teacher and all his friends with the story of the mechanical marvel that saved the day.
Kirkus said, "A lovely, full-circle kind of story, related in bouncy writing characterized by gently percussive onomatopoeia, with expressive, appropriately retro illustrations...it's heartening to see via the illustrations that the story involves a multiracial family."
A unique read-aloud about old tech but, more poignantly, about family.
Pablo Pressman has homework to do, and Pablo will do almost anything to avoid doing his homework. But when his computer breaks down, he is desperate. His mother takes him up to the attic to discover her mother's old typewriter. "A what-writer?" asks Pablo, mystified. When his mother shows him how to strike the keys just so, and the words start to appear on paper, Pablo is delighted. And imagine his triumph when he presents his homework at school, amazing his teacher and all his friends with the story of the mechanical marvel that saved the day.
Kirkus said, "A lovely, full-circle kind of story, related in bouncy writing characterized by gently percussive onomatopoeia, with expressive, appropriately retro illustrations...it's heartening to see via the illustrations that the story involves a multiracial family."
A unique read-aloud about old tech but, more poignantly, about family.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Lincoln
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 4 to 8 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 262 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-56792-518-0 (9781567925180)
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Persons
Peter Ackerman co-wrote the movies Ice Age and Ice Age 3 and is a writer on the TV show The Americans. He is the author of The Lonely Phone Booth, The Lonely Typewriter, and The Screaming Chef. Max Dalton lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina and has too many interests to list here-from writing to painting to playing music and reading about animals-but his all-time favorite is drawing. He often works with Peter Ackerman and is the illustrator of The Lonely Phone Booth, The Lonely Typewriter, The Screaming Chef and Extreme Opposites.