All of us have dreams that we wish would come true. Some are 'practical' dreams; technically speaking these dreams could come true under the right circumstances. Other dreams are delightfully fantastical and we know that the only place that these dreams can live in is in our imaginations. Today's picture book take us into the lives of three children who, thanks to a magical typewriter, are able to make their wishes come true.
The Typewriter
The Typewriter
Bill Thomson
Wordless Picture Book
For ages 4 to 6
Two Lions, 2016, 978-1477849750
One day three children ride their bikes to the carousel,
only to discover that is it closed. Most of the rides on the carousel are the
traditional horses that you expect to see, but there is also a bumblebee ride,
and on the seat of the bumblebee, right next to the pole that attaches it to
the carousel, there is a box. The children lift the box down to the ground,
open it, and find out that it contains a typewriter.
The little girl
puts some paper in the typewriter and then she types the word Beach. In a
moment the children are transported from their snowy home to a beach, complete
with sun, sand, and a blue sky. While his friends are playing in the surf, one
of the boys types the word Ball on the paper, and just like that a large beach
ball appears. The third child types the word Ice Cream and a huge plastic pail,
full of ice cream, turns up. Then it is the girl’s turn again. She types the
word Crab on the paper and sure enough a crab materializes on the sand. The
problem is that this crab, like the ball and the pail of ice cream, is huge!
This gorgeous
wordless picture book serves as a tribute to the imagination, and it will take
readers into that wonderful world of what if. What would they type on a typewriter that could make dreams come true? What
would they do if they were confronted by a huge crab? Children will see, through
the magic typewriter, that words have enormous power, and perhaps they will
wonder if words in the real world are just as remarkable, though in a different
way.
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