The Typewriter

In this picture book with few words, three children find a typewriter on a carousel, and begin an adventure that helps them discover the wonder of words.

About the author

Bill Thomson is the celebrated creator of Chalk and Fossil and the illustrator of Baseball Hour, Karate Hour, Soccer Hour, and Building with Dad, all written by Carol Nevius. Thomson's books have received many accolades: the National Parenting Publications Gold Award, designation as a Notable Children's Book by the American Library Association, a Teachers' Choices selection from the International Reading Association, a Booklist Editors' Choice, the Connecticut Book Award for Children's Illustrator, Kentucky's Bluegrass Award, Ohio's Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award, and the Prix Livrentête in Paris, France. Thomson's artwork has also received more than seventy-five awards in the country's most prestigious juried illustration competitions.
Thomson lives with his family in Southington, Connecticut, and is also a professor of illustration at the University of Hartford. To see more of his artwork, visit www.billthomson.com.

Product details

• Authors: Bill Thomson
• Assisted by: Bill Thomson (Illustration)
• Publisher: Amazon Publishing
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9781477849750
• ISBN: 978-1-4778-4975-0
• No. of pages: 40
• Dimensions: 233 mm x 312 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 592 g
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs