Tuesday 13 November 2018

"All Aboard the Voyage of Discovery" by Emily Hawkins, Tom Adams and Tom Clohosy Cole (Wide Eyed Editions)

Now this is something really special! Care to step back in time to solve a mystery?
Of course you do, you look like the curious type.

Well in "All Aboard the Voyage of Discovery" by Emily Hawkins, Tom Adams and Tom Clohosy Cole, you're going to need your wits about you as we cruise back to 1927 aboard an amazing ship.

We're not here to soak up the sights - we're here to uncover the secrets of a mysterious movie.

On board the luxurious liner there's an illustrious collection of some of the greatest minds of their generation.

From the fields of science, engineering, geography and history, our experts have come together to explain some of history's greatest inventions to improve communication, including the printing press, radio, telephones and television. 

But there’s a conundrum afoot and they need YOU to help them. 

Can you decipher the puzzles to solve the mystery of the missing movie? 

Using a clever combination of lift-the-flap clues, and with gorgeous detailed illustrations from Tom Clohosy Cole, sometimes the clues are right under your nose!

As the story of the great innovators of communication unfolds, kids will find loads of amazing facts tucked into each spread, learning more about the inventors and scientists who helped to pioneer inventions that have saved lives, put us in better touch with each other than ever, and that have 'shrunk' our world, bringing people together in new and exciting ways.

A superb combination of puzzle book, non-fiction title and a glorious caper to boot!

What an absolutely brilliant way to learn more about history, more like this please!

"All Aboard the Voyage of Discovery" by Emily Hawkins, Tom Adams and Tom Clohosy Cole is out now, published by Wide Eyed Editions (kindly supplied for review).