The Wonder Machine

Barry Timms is an award-winning storyteller who enjoys the way books bring people together. He grew up in the rugged Cornish landscape but now lives by a South London water tower and is a city boy at heart. Barry can often be found with pencil in hand, writing or drawing or both. Barry likes road-trip movies, ghost trains and exploring forgotten side streets. Laura studied animation in her hometown of Madrid. But she decided that creating characters, and telling their stories in her own way, was so much fun that she became an illustrator instead. Rainy days are her favourites, where you'll find her drawing in her studio beside her sleepy dog and a noisy little heater.

This gorgeous book is full of love, friendship and helping others. Barry Timms is one of my new favourite authors. His books create wonderful worlds where happiness reigns and friendships blossom.