Awards

• Commended for IndieFab awards (Picture Bk Early Reader) 2014

Overview

Oh, no! Pablo has homework due but the computer conked out! It's grandma's old typewriter to the rescue in this read-aloud picture book. Pablo Pressman has homework to do, and Pablo will do almost anything to avoid doing his homework. But when his computer breaks down, he is desperate. His mother takes him up to the attic to discover her mother's old typewriter. ""A what-writer?"" asks Pablo, mystified. When his mother shows him how to strike the keys just so, and the words start to appear on paper, Pablo is delighted. And imagine his triumph when he presents his homework at school, amazing his teacher and all his friends with the story of the mechanical marvel that saved the day. Kirkus said, ""A lovely, full-circle kind of story, related in bouncy writing characterized by gently percussive onomatopoeia, with expressive, appropriately retro illustrations...it's heartening to see via the illustrations that the story involves a multiracial family."" A unique read-aloud about old tech but, more poignantly, about family.

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"Praise for The Lonely Typewriter ""A lovely, full-circle kind of story, related in bouncy writing characterized by gently percussive onomatopoeia, with expressive, appropriately retro illustrations...it's heartening to see via the illustrations that the story involves a multiracial family."" --Kirkus ""Just as an out-of-date but functional phone booth proved its worth in Ackerman and Dalton's The Lonely Phone Booth, a typewriter, gathering dust in the attic, comes to the rescue when a family's computer conks out. Dalton's illustrations feature simple, flattened shapes that feel in keeping with the old-meets-new vibe, and the story unfolds in typewritten-looking text, appropriately enough."" --Publishers Weekly ""The Lonely Typewriter is directed at children ages 6 to 9, but it's quite possible their parents -- or grandparents -- will be the ones to linger over its pages. The first illustration in the book is a beautiful diagram of a manual typewriter.""--The Los Angeles Times ""The devices that we use every day and take for granted - the computers, cell phones, and tablets - are wonderful, but when they fail to work we have a tendency to panic. We forget that not that long ago, in a simpler time, people used pencils, pens, and typewriters to write their letters and papers. This charming story reminds us that sometimes the old ways of doing things are still of value. Sometimes their simplicity is a good thing, and by using them we learn to appreciate that a tool does not need to be new and hip to be useful.""--Through the Looking Glass Children's Reviews"

Praise for The Lonely Typewriter A lovely, full-circle kind of story, related in bouncy writing characterized by gently percussive onomatopoeia, with expressive, appropriately retro illustrations...it's heartening to see via the illustrations that the story involves a multiracial family. --Kirkus Just as an out-of-date but functional phone booth proved its worth in Ackerman and Dalton's The Lonely Phone Booth, a typewriter, gathering dust in the attic, comes to the rescue when a family's computer conks out. Dalton's illustrations feature simple, flattened shapes that feel in keeping with the old-meets-new vibe, and the story unfolds in typewritten-looking text, appropriately enough . --Publishers Weekly The Lonely Typewriter is directed at children ages 6 to 9, but it's quite possible their parents -- or grandparents -- will be the ones to linger over its pages. The first illustration in the book is a beautiful diagram of a manual typewriter. --The Los Angeles Times The devices that we use every day and take for granted - the computers, cell phones, and tablets - are wonderful, but when they fail to work we have a tendency to panic. We forget that not that long ago, in a simpler time, people used pencils, pens, and typewriters to write their letters and papers. This charming story reminds us that sometimes the old ways of doing things are still of value. Sometimes their simplicity is a good thing, and by using them we learn to appreciate that a tool does not need to be new and hip to be useful. --Through the Looking Glass Children's Reviews

Author Information

Peter Ackerman co-wrote the movies Ice Age and Ice Age 3 and is a writer on the TV show The Americans. He is the author of The Lonely Phone Booth, The Lonely Typewriter, and The Screaming Chef. Max Dalton lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina and has too many interests to list here—from writing to painting to playing music and reading about animals—but his all-time favorite is drawing. He often works with Peter Ackerman and is the illustrator of The Lonely Phone Booth, The Lonely Typewriter, The Screaming Chef and Extreme Opposites.

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