Gus's Garage

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Gus's Garage
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Leo Timmers
Illustrated by Leo Timmers
Translated by James Brown
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:32
Dimensions(mm): Height 267,Width 246
ISBN/Barcode 9781776570935
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Gecko Press
Imprint Gecko Press
Publication Date 1 August 2016
Publication Country New Zealand

Description

Gus's workshop is chockful of useless odds and ends. But when his friend Rico comes over with a problem-his scooter seat is way too small for a rhino-Gus finds just the thing to solve it. One by one his friends come to Gus's Garage and he solves their troubles with ingenious solutions-a cooling system made with a fridge that doubles as ice-cream machine, a burst of speed from a rocket blaster trombone. Soon the workshop is almost empty. Is anything left to solve Gus's own problem at the end of a long day?

Author Biography

Leo Timmers was born in 1970 in Belgium. At the age of 12 he started to draw comics and later trained in graphic design. He illustrates for magazines and newspapers and has released many successful picture books. He has a large following as one of Belgium's pre-eminent picture book artists.

Reviews

Do you like to tinker?! Gus does. Gus's friends visit him with their various problems for him to solve with inventions. Rico needs a bigger seat on his scooter, Gina needs a warmer neck in her car (she's a giraffe), Miss P. needs refrigeration, and so on. Watch how Gus uses the materials in his full garage to build inventions for his friends. Gorgeous illustrations & inspiring inventions. -- Imagination Soup "Clearly, one animal's clutter is another pig's livelihood in this buoyant, rhyming tale." -- New York Times (US) "Warm, beautifully crafted and stacks of recycled fun, it's always a pleasure to see what Leo Timmers will get up to next." -- Kids Book Review (AUS) "The most magical picture books tell their story in images, as much as in words. Gus's Garage, by Leo Timmers, is the best example of seamless storytelling I have seen recently, joining Timmers' other wonderful books for early picture book readers." -- Booksellers NZ "Clearly, one animal's clutter is another pig's livelihood in this buoyant, rhyming tale." -- New York Times (US) "Warm, beautifully crafted and stacks of recycled fun, it's always a pleasure to see what Leo Timmers will get up to next." -- Kids Book Review (AUS) "The most magical picture books tell their story in images, as much as in words. Gus's Garage, by Leo Timmers, is the best example of seamless storytelling I have seen recently, joining Timmers' other wonderful books for early picture book readers." -- Booksellers NZ