Tilly and the Time Machine

A children's book was the required August reading challenge I have going with my fab friend and right off the bat I knew I was going to choose Tilly and the Time Machine by Adrian Edmondson. Adrian Edmondson has invented a smile-happy little children’s book for the ‘average height’ seven-and-a-half......more

What a brilliant time travel adventure story for 7 - 9 year olds packed with humour, history and some poignant moments dealing with grief, too. Tilly’s dad is a scientist who has built a time machine in their shed. He shows it to Tilly and shortly after disappears via the machine. Tilly decides to tr......more

"Shake it up and down. Just shake your bum. Shake it to the left. Wiggle your bottom." I thought this book would just be about time machines, about pirates, about bum shaking, about the queen, and it is about those things, but also something else! Namely the loss of Tilly's mom (and how to deal with......more

tilly and the time machine was so good i my favroute part of it was when she tricks the baddies so they dont stealthe machine. Adrian Edmonson is one of my favroute authers......more

Affecting and funny time travel story for children Another 'celebrity' name, but Adrian Edmondson seems like a natural; he doesn't try too hard to be overly funny, or use silly devices to capture attention. He writes a story that to me seems like one I might have wanted to write as a child, and adds......more