Mr McMarvel's Amazing Machines

by Barbara Godwin

Overview

Tim is a keen young helper at Mr McMarvel's workshop, and he's desperate to learn how to make amazing machines. There's Rupert, (Mr McMarvel's robot,) the Unlock-Anything Machine, and the Grunts-Squeaks-and Scary-Noises Machine for starters. Not to mention the Extra-Fast-Rollerblading Machine (for people in a hurry) and the Dappled-Ice-Cream Machine (that needs fresh grass.)

But all is not well at the workshop. Tim is horrified to learn that Mr McMarvel is in trouble. Things get worse when creepy Max Fish comes to help out. Max has a diabolical plan, and it's all down to Tim, Rupert and the amazing machines to outwit Max, rescue Mr McMarvel and solve the problems in the workshop.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940044342576
Publisher:	Barbara Godwin
Publication date:	02/05/2013
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	574 KB
Age Range:	5 - 11 Years

About the Author

I love quirky characters - skeletons, ghosts, machines, inventors, alligators, aliens, insects, pirates - especially when they are mixed up with weird happenings and a tiny bit of magic. When I was little, running round our big back garden on the Isle Of Wight, I wanted to be in Robin Hood's band or go on adventures like Alices's. People in books were funny, scary, sad or warm-hearted, mysterious or magical. They felt real and I made up my own stories before I could write.

After that, I wrote them for myself, then for my daughter, and now for my granddaughter - and I still write them for that little girl who had adventures in the big back garden. I've never truly grown up.

My stories are being illustrated, and published.

So lots more to come.

Now I live in Surrey with my daughter, her partner and my granddaughter, and our dog called Trixie. When I was little I used to have a dog called Paddy, a budgie called Ringo, a rabbit called Flipper, a cat called Issy and lots of chickens. Lots of animals creep into my stories and they're always fun and magical to have around.