Full of energy and wit, Dotty Inventions mixes the fascinating origins of real items (ball point pen, windshield wiper, parachute, Frisbee, and Velcro) with fantastical ones (digital deck chairs, stereo umbrellas, edible scarves). The story revolves around Professor Dorothy Dabble, who sets off to London with her pet robot, Digby, to enter a competition for best invention. On their way, Digby uncovers the wacky stories behind several items. Does the Professor win the competition?
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"Swain's vibrantly colored, pencil-outlined watercolors with expression-full, perspectively skewed, anthropomorphized caricatures are playful, appealing to storyteller and listener alike."
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Roger McGough is a highly-acclaimed and much-loved poet and writer, and has been awarded an OBE for his contribution to poetry. His many titles include Bad Bad Cats (Penguin), winner of the 1998 Signal Poetry Award and The Ring of Words (Faber) which was shortlisted for the BBC Blue Peter Book Award 2001. Roger's first book for Frances Lincoln was Until I Met Dudley. Holly Swain's previous titles include Tiger Hunt (Heinemann Primary), I'm the King (Ginn & Co), Baboushka and The Pied Piper (HarperCollins).
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"Door, Digby, door," called out Professor Dotty Dabble, up to her elbows in a spaghetti of electrical wiring. Read the first page New!
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"Door, Digby, door," called out Professor Dotty Dabble, up to her elbows in a spaghetti of electrical wiring. Read the first page New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Space Pirates and the Treasure of Salmagundy by Scoular Anderson in Back Matter
- The Picture History of Great Inventors by Gillian Clements in Back Matter
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