One of my favorite writers (and the subject of my
fourth book), Charles Johnson,
has just published a children’s book that he co-authored with his daughter,
Elisheba. Bending Time: The Adventures of Emery Jones,
Boy Science Wonder tells the story of a fifth grade genius who has
discovered the secret of time travel. Emery’s best friend, his classmate Gabby,
helps him as he travels back to the age of dinosaurs.
This book will be a good one for children, for it is not
only suspenseful and quite funny but it also introduces some basic concepts of
science, such as the properties of positrons and Einstein’s theories of
relativity. More importantly, though, the story teaches the value of friendship
and the importance of perseverance through adversity.
A nice bonus in Bending
Time is that Charles has illustrated it himself. Although he is most famous
today as an award-winning
novelist and recipient of a McArthur
“genius” grant, Charles actually began his career as a cartoonist
and illustrator. His style
might seem simple at first, but subtle details in the backgrounds of the
pictures often add another layer of wit.
I recommend Bending
Time for anyone who likes to read with his kids. It will make the perfect
Christmas present!
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