Until I Met Dudley: How everyday things really work
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"Roger McGough's witty text offers many weird and wonderful explanations ... Chris Riddell's artwork makes the whole an imaginative feast" - Bookseller Runner-up for the English Association 4-11 Award for the Best Children's Picture Book. Nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal. From the minds of the former Children's Laureate Chris Ridell , and award-winning fellow of the Royal Society of Literature Roger McGough , comes a fun-filled book about how things work. Have you ever wondered how a toaster works? Or a fridge-freezer, or a washing-up machine? In this fun-filled book of how things work, Dudley, the techno-wizard dog, provides the answers. Roger McGough's delightfully ingenious text and Chris Riddell's striking illustrations take children from the furthest realms of fantasy into the fascinating world of technology to discover the workings of familiar machines, making it an exciting book which will delight again and again. At first, it describes how a child thinks things work... (gnomes in the toaster) and then Dudley tells you how the various household appliances really work. Includes all the appliances a curious child would be interested in: the dishwasher, the fridge-freezer and more. A funny, imaginative 'how things work' book for ages 4–7. Review: Fantastic for imaginative functioning - This has to be one of my favourite books for imagination. I used this when I taught in primary and the enjoyment it brought was amazing. A great topic, thinking about how thinks work without actually knowing! I still look at a dishwasher and think of cats. Review: Great Book - My son was telling me about this book that his class had been studying at school. It sounded really interesting, so I ordered a copy. It's great, first it describes how a child thinks things work (I agree with the dishwasher, lol!) and then it tells you how the various household appliances really work. It uses language that the child (and I) understands. Fun, and educational.
| Best Sellers Rank | 26,805 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 14 in Children's Books on Heavy Machinery 60 in Children's Books on How Things Work 213 in Children's Books on Computers & Technology |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 186 Reviews |
T**H
Fantastic for imaginative functioning
This has to be one of my favourite books for imagination. I used this when I taught in primary and the enjoyment it brought was amazing. A great topic, thinking about how thinks work without actually knowing! I still look at a dishwasher and think of cats.
J**N
Great Book
My son was telling me about this book that his class had been studying at school. It sounded really interesting, so I ordered a copy. It's great, first it describes how a child thinks things work (I agree with the dishwasher, lol!) and then it tells you how the various household appliances really work. It uses language that the child (and I) understands. Fun, and educational.
D**N
Perfect for teaching how to write an explanation!
I have used this book to help me teach explanation writing. The extraordinary explanations help prompt children's imaginations and encourage them to make up their own ideas about how things work. A great book!
T**B
Arrived as described
It was really hard to find this book so I was very pleased to find it. Used to teach explanation texts to upper primary, it brings a really interesting and fresh approach. The text combines a detailed explanation of how an object actually works with an ingenious alternative explanation which stimulate discussion and writing around the text. Ideal for any child who asks 'I wonder how that works?'...
D**E
Fab for a teaching tool
Children have really enjoyed using this to support their learning and understanding of an explanation text. The illustrations make the children giggle and then are able to write nonsense explanations as well as correct ones.
M**H
Great book to teach explanation texts
As a teacher it is a struggle to find child friendly books to teach children about explanation texts - this is fabulous for it. It has a fun explanation (polar bears work the fridge) and then Dudley explains how it really works. Children (& adults) find it interesting. I got the class to write their own versions of how things worked -- they were great!
P**1
Entertaining
A well written and entertaining book which explains how household appliances work, my son is seven and loves reading this.
J**E
Excellent read
Beautiful illustrations, very entertaining read.
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