LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
The dog in the title is a soft toy in a red collar and belongs to the Boring Machine, used by Sunil and his inventor neighbour to go time travelling. The toy is lost and if they can’t find it in time, the machine will explode at which point there’ll be a massive time-quake and everyone in a ten-mile radius will die of boredom. The stakes are high therefore!
As Sunil and Alex zip through time to all the places the Boring Machine has visited recently looking for the little dog, they meet artists, including Leonardo da Vinci, Daswanth, Hokusai and Tracey Emin. Sunil picks up useful tips for his homework (he’s creating a self-portrait) and we all learn lots about art and the artists he meets.
This series cleverly combines humour, adventure and information and is thoroughly entertaining reading.
Andrea Reece
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The Time Machine Next Door: Artists and a Disappearing Dog Synopsis
A page-turning, laugh-out-loud historical adventure by comedian and broadcaster Iszi Lawrence (as seen on Netflix and Sky History), perfect for fans of Horrible Histories.
Sunil and his inventor friend Alex have a problem. Alex's time machine wants to go time-travelling all by itself! When it turns up in a painting by Leonardo da Vinci, Sunil and Alex must go on a quest through time to collect all the pictures, tiles and tapestries of the machine and bring them back to the present. Join their journey to meet Da Vinci, the architect of Taj Mahal Ahmad Lohri, the women who embroidered the Bayeux Tapestry and Imhotep and the artists working on the Pyramid of Giza. This is art history like you've never seen it before!
The Time Machine Next Door is an exciting new series of quirky historical chapter books for readers aged 7-9, to be enjoyed as a series or as standalone stories. The series brings lesser-known parts of history to life with hilarious plots, real-life characters, fascinating facts and fantastic illustrations.
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9781801997027 |
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28th August 2025 |
| Author: |
Iszi Lawrence |
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Rebecca Bagley |
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Bloomsbury Education an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
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Paperback |
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160 pages |
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The Time Machine Next Door |
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About Iszi Lawrence
Iszi Lawrence is a writer, comedian, podcaster and history presenter. She is a regular on TV history documentaries including shows for Sky History, Netflix, Yesterday and the Smithsonian Channel. She was co-host of BBC Radio 4’s flagship show, Making History with Tom Holland and presents Your Place or Mine with Shaun Keaveny (BBC R4 and Sounds). Her podcasts include The British Museum Membercast and popular science podcast Terrible Lizards with Dr Dave Hone. She is the author of four adventurous and funny middle grade children’s novels including Blackbeard's Treasure (which was selected as Blackwell's Children's Book of the Month) and a quirky series for 6-9 year olds, The Time Machine Next Door, all published by Bloomsbury. She is a regular visitor to schools and runs history and historical fiction workshops for Key Stage 2 and 3 students.
Iszi is a dark blue belt in Japanese style Jiu Jitsu so she also spends time in the week helping to teach both short people (7-11 year olds) and grown ups how to punch her in the face. She dabbles in illustration, plays the guitar, likes cooking, dinosaurs and enjoys keeping fit.
She lives in Reading with a poet and two cats.
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