Cornelia and the Jungle Machine
(Paperback)
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Publishing Details
Cornelia and the Jungle Machine
By (Author) Nora Brech
Illustrated by Nora Brech
Translated by Don Bartlett
Gecko Press
Gecko Press
1st September 2019
New Zealand
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Inventors, inventions and experiments
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Stories in translation
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Physical Properties
Paperback
40
Width 225mm, Height 310mm
Description
Cornelia and her parents move in to a new house. Bored, she is sent to play outside. She discovers a hidden treehouse and a boy her own age... Do you really live here all alone she asks. No, I live here with my inventions. Come and take a look. Inside Cornelia is introduced to a magical machine. A jungle machine! Nora Brechs gothic illustrations are packed with imaginative details and perspectives. Her pictures play with references to classical childrens literature, and the books large format is fully utilized when Cornelia climbs up the tall trees. Through an extreme wide-angle lens, the reader is sucked in to a powerfully detailed world.
Reviews
"An imaginative fantasy that gives readers plenty of room to roam."
-- Kirkus Reviews"This large and elegant picture book is dense with Edward Gorey-esque drawings in watercolor and pen & ink that really grab and hold the viewer."
-- Youth Services Book ReviewAuthor Bio
Nora Brech (b. 1988) works as an illustrator and has a degree in art drawing. She has illustrated childrens books and covers. Cornelia and the Jungle Machine is her first book. She lives in Oslo.
