NZCYA Finalist!

Time Machine and other stories

Melinda Szymanik

$10.00 – $25.00

Finalist! 2020 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults

Step aboard the time machine and discover new and selected stories by the award-winning author of The Were-Nana, The Song of Kauri and A Winter’s Day in 1939.

ISBN: 978-0-9951197-4-1 Categories: , , Tags: ,

About the book

What happens when you sleep with a crocodile tooth under your pillow, or the mess under your bed turns into something terrifying? How can a football be a passport, and what does it mean when the contraption in the basement starts to hum and glow? You can be sure the answers will never be boring and almost always take you on an unexpected adventure.

Step aboard the time machine and discover new and selected stories by the award-winning author of The Were-Nana, The Song of Kauri and A Winter’s Day in 1939.

For readers aged 7–12

Finalist! 2020 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults

About the author

Melinda Szymanik writes picture books, stories and novels for children, with several named as Storylines Notable Books. Fuzzy Doodle and A Winter’s Day in 1939 were finalists in two categories in the New Zealand Children’s Book Awards and The Were-Nana was a Children’s Choice winner. A Winter’s Day in 1939 also won Librarian’s Choice at the LIANZA Awards.

When she is not writing, Melinda likes reading, baking (especially with chocolate), going to the movies and travelling with her family. She has three grown-up children, a cat and a husband, and lives in Mt Eden in a house with a view of the mountain.

Specifications

Dimensions: 128 x 198 mm
Number of pages: 172
Binding: soft cover

Look inside

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