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The Gizmo's Trip
Book by Shipton, Paul
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Paul Shipton
620 books32 followersPaul Shipton (born 1963) is an award-winning children's author.
He was born in Manchester and attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Manchester University. After completing two Masters' degrees (in Classics and Philosophy), he taught English in Istanbul for a year. After returning to the UK, he taught English as a foreign language for several years, and it was around this time that he published his first book, Zargon Zoo (1991).
Four years later, he published Bug Muldoon and the Garden of Fear, and relocated with his family to Wisconsin, United States, where he works as a freelance writer and editor. He also writes books for younger readers under the pen name Paul Cooper. He and his wife and two daughters now divide their time between Cambridge, England, and Madison, Wisconsin.
He was born in Manchester and attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Manchester University. After completing two Masters' degrees (in Classics and Philosophy), he taught English in Istanbul for a year. After returning to the UK, he taught English as a foreign language for several years, and it was around this time that he published his first book, Zargon Zoo (1991).
Four years later, he published Bug Muldoon and the Garden of Fear, and relocated with his family to Wisconsin, United States, where he works as a freelance writer and editor. He also writes books for younger readers under the pen name Paul Cooper. He and his wife and two daughters now divide their time between Cambridge, England, and Madison, Wisconsin.
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September 26, 2017
A lovely, wacky adventure with an illustration style that perfectly matches the messy, fun-filled adventures of the family! Lots of activity in the drawings, and I particularly liked the inventor mother and prankster sister (what a classic sibling relationship)
September 26, 2017
A cute story about an adventure of a family from mother's accidental invention. Loved its bright colors, constant roast of dad's cooking, and its positioning of mom to be a scientist - an untraditional family.
October 10, 2017
First, Mum invented a teleporter. Then, Marie tricked Albert to try Dad's cookies. He bumped into the teleporter. Oh no! The Gizmos family went to the past. Dinosaurs there wanted to eat them. Albert threw Dad's cookies to the dinosaur. They went to the museum to see a dinosaur exhibition.
Our favourite character is Dad because his body is funny and cute. Also, he makes cookies that Dinosaurs like to eat even though his family does not like them.
We like the story because it is creative and exciting. We like when the dinosaur eats the yucky, bad cookies.
But, we don't like Marie because she is mean and naughty.
Our favourite character is Dad because his body is funny and cute. Also, he makes cookies that Dinosaurs like to eat even though his family does not like them.
We like the story because it is creative and exciting. We like when the dinosaur eats the yucky, bad cookies.
But, we don't like Marie because she is mean and naughty.
October 3, 2017
Mum invented a teleporter. Marie tricked Albert to try Dad's cookies. Albert bumped into the teleporter. The Gimoz family went to the past. Dinosaurs there wanted to eat them. Albert threw Dad's cookies to the dinosaur. They went to the museum to see a dinosaur exhibition.
Our favourite character is Dad because he is handsome and willing to try. He doesn't know how to cook but he always tries. Our favourite part of the story is the T-rex chasing the family but eats the cookies at the end. It is very surprising.
Our favourite character is Dad because he is handsome and willing to try. He doesn't know how to cook but he always tries. Our favourite part of the story is the T-rex chasing the family but eats the cookies at the end. It is very surprising.
October 9, 2017
Mum invented a teleporter. Marie tricked Albert to try Dad's cookies. Then, Albert bumped into the teleporter. The Gizmos family went to the past. But! Dinosaurs there wanted to eat them. Albert gave Dad's cookies to the dinsosaur. They went to the museum to see a dinosaur exhibition.
Our favourite characters are T-Rex and Dad because the T-Rex is very cool, funny, and strong. Dad is a bad cook and he is funny.
We like when the T-Rex ALMOST ate them because it was very funny and exciting.
We don't like the drawings because they are not very beautiful.
Our favourite characters are T-Rex and Dad because the T-Rex is very cool, funny, and strong. Dad is a bad cook and he is funny.
We like when the T-Rex ALMOST ate them because it was very funny and exciting.
We don't like the drawings because they are not very beautiful.
October 11, 2017
Mum invented a teleporter. Marie tricked Albert to try Dad's cookies. He bumped into the teleporter. The Gizmo family went to the past. Dinosaurs there wanted to eat them. Albert threw Dad's cookies to the dinosaur. They went to the museum to see a dinosaur exhibition.
Our favourite characters are Mum and Dad. Dad looks very funny and he makes some bad biscuits. Mum is very creative and clever because she makes the teleporter. We like the book because the pictures are amazing but we don't like the yucky biscuits.
Our favourite characters are Mum and Dad. Dad looks very funny and he makes some bad biscuits. Mum is very creative and clever because she makes the teleporter. We like the book because the pictures are amazing but we don't like the yucky biscuits.
October 9, 2017
First, Mum invented a teleporter. Then, Marie tricked Albert to try Dad's cookies. He bumped into the teleporter. The Gizmos family to the past. Albert threw Dad's cookies to the T-Rex. Dinosaurs there wanted to eat them. They went to the museum to see a dinosaur exhibition.
Our favourite character is T-Rex because he is too handsome, strong, and cool.
Our favourite parts of the story are when Marie tricked Albert to eat Dad's cookies and when the T-Rex eats the tuna cookies.
However, we did not like the pictures because they are not beautiful.
Our favourite character is T-Rex because he is too handsome, strong, and cool.
Our favourite parts of the story are when Marie tricked Albert to eat Dad's cookies and when the T-Rex eats the tuna cookies.
However, we did not like the pictures because they are not beautiful.
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October 6, 2017First, Mum invented a teleporter. Marie tricked Albert to try Dad's cookies. He bumped into the teleporter. Oh no! The Gizmos' family went to the past. Dinosaurs there wanted to eat them. Albert threw the cookies to the dinosaur. At the end, they went to the museum to see a dinosaur exhibition.
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