By Tom McLaughlin (author) , Tom McLaughlin (illustrator)
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Elliott is a boy who likes to find things and, one day, he stumbles across a machine. At first, he can't work out what the machine is for - it doesn't beep or buzz like all his other machines and it doesn't have an ON/OFF button. Then, quite by accident, Elliott makes the machine work. The machine makes letters!
Elliott thinks it must be a story machine but, sadly, Elliott isn't very good at letters and words. How can he make magical stories without them? But, wait, some of the letters look like pictures. Elliott is good at pictures and, as he discovers, pictures make stories.
An inspiring, uplifting picture book about the simple joys of a typewriter in a world of hi-tech machines.
Perfect for fans of Oliver Jeffers.
A winner of a book about the power of drawing and story telling - Oliver Jeffers
A charming, rewarding, instructive read -- FT - Financial Times
Before becoming a writer and illustrator Tom McLaughlin spent 9 years working as political cartoonist for The Western Morning News thinking up silly jokes about even sillier politicians. Then, in 2004 Tom took the plunge into illustrating and writing his own books. Since then he has written and illustrated picture books as well as working on animated TV shows for Disney and Cartoon Network.
Tom lives in Devon and his hobbies include drinking tea, looking out of the window, and biscuits. His hates include spiders, running out of biscuits, and writing biographies.
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Elliott is a boy who likes to find things and, one day, he stumbles across a machine. At first, he can't work out what the machine is for - it doesn't beep or buzz like all his other machines and it doesn't have an ON/OFF button.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Story Machine and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-6 years old
The Story Machine features in the following genres: Computers and the Digital World, Science, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Recommendations
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The Story Machine was written by Tom McLaughlin and published by Bloomsbury Childrens Books an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
The Story Machine has 32 pages
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