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Marveltown by Bruce McCall5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 4-7)ĭancing is one of the most universal elements of cultures the world over. The fantastical gouache paintings awe the eye with taffy colors, depicting a world where Star Wars meets the Jetsons, a place where if you can imagine it, you can make it happen. Good old kid power prevails: They and their marvelous doohickeys take down the robots. These guys are giant mechanical contraptions who also do lifting, paving and coffee-fetching, until a short causes them to run amuck. Meanwhile, the Skyway Project, an airborne road, is under construction by the electrohydraulic robots. Then there’s the ever useful bedroom hologram that can fool parents into thinking the room is spotless. There’s the Homework Grinder, a metal dog that will eat your homework for a nickel. There’s the Rocket Chair that gets riders to school in six seconds. Every Saturday the children are given access to the Invent-o-Drome and are free to let their imaginations soar. Marveltown is filled with machines so cool they would make Willy Wonka tingle. ![]() Beginning with the exhilarating sky-skiing invented by the children of Marveltown, this picture book will thrill budding science-fiction enthusiasts. ![]()
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