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Cal and the Amazing Anti-Gravity Machine

Cal and the Amazing Anti-Gravity Machine

by Richard Hamilton (Author), Sam Hearn (Illustrator)

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    Illustrated 2005

    $3.33
Synopsis

Cal and his parents have just moved house. And when Cal hears strange noises coming from next door's garden he is curious to find out what it all means. With his side-kick Frankie - a hypochondriac, grumpy canine - Cal ventures over to the other side of the wall where he discovers that his neighbour, Mr Frout, has been experimenting with the most extraordinary of inventions. And, although Mr Frout is a keen despiser of young children, soon he will have no choice but to trust Cal's helping hand as disaster and chaos strike and anti-gravity takes over. A laugh-out-loud, brilliantly fast-paced and gripping story about the joys and pitfalls of science, with an underlying message that sometimes things are best left just as nature intended!

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 128
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 06 Jun 2005
ISBN 10: 0747575649
ISBN 13: 9780747575641
Children’s book age: 5-7 Years
 Book Overview: A very funny and quirky tale with all the ingredients of adventure and absurdity to keep any newly independent reader hooked Illustrated throughout with fantastically detailed and black and white line by the enormously talented Sam Hearn Perfect for all those who love machines, inventing, experimenting and, most of all, the unexpected

Media Reviews
Praise for VIOLET AND THE MEAN AND ROTTEN PIRATES (previous novel by Richard Hamilton and Sam Hearn for the same readership) 'While being full of action, this is much more that the usual, knockabout pirate stuff, with a good dialogue and elegant, restrained prose exemplary early reading material' Daily Telegraph 'There's plenty of humour in this well-paced adventure tale' Glasgow Herald 'This is packed with colloquial dialogue, which creates colourful characters and a speedy pace and lots of lively illustrations' Junior Magazine 'An ideal book for that period when children's reading stamina kicks in and they are avid for the 'grown-up' novel format with chapters. Large print and an abundance of line drawings ensure that the leap is not too great and success is assured. This also reads aloud well with plenty of OTT fun and catchphrases galore' School Librarian
Author Bio
Richard Hamilton is the author of a number of picture books as well as writing young fiction for children. He lives in London (N19) with his wife and two daughters. Sam Hearn received a BA Hons in illustration from Kingston University. He divides his time between working as a bookseller at the Lion and Unicorn in Richmond (TW9) and illustrating children's books. This is Sam's second book for Bloomsbury.