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| Red Cygnet Press, Inc., 11858 Stoney Peak Dr. #525, San Diego, CA 92128 ©2005 Red Cygnet Press • All Rights Reserved • San Diego • California info@redcygnet.com |
Sample Pages
"In a remote house at the base of a mountain, a young boy learns that his father is an
engineer to the world. Father reveals his secret job by taking Alex in a hidden elevator,
first to a mountain top, where Alex views machines that make the world’s wind, and
then down into the depths of the Earth, which holds the planet’s control system—a
computer that “makes the day become night . . . the rain fall, the trees grow.”...The
story’s strength is the mixed-media artwork, which combine boldly outlined, comics-style
figures with textured backgrounds and ornate borders. Too few picture books present a
science fiction premise, and the wild notion of a world run by computers will attract kids
who love machines."
-Booklist, May 2007
"A little boy, Alex, takes a dream time ride with his father in an elevator that can go past
the sky. Alex discovers there are machines that keep the Sun, the Moon, the Earth, and
the stars moving. Returning to Earth, father and son then follow stairs down into the
earth where Alex sees the system of tubs and pipes that water the trees. Venturing
farther down, they enter a small room, which houses the Earth Machine. Alex will one-
day use the machine to keep the whole system of machines running just as his father has
always done. As with all dreams, Alex wakes to find reality different, not as amazing as his
dream, but still right. The illustrations create a mood that is slightly oppressive using dark
browns, greens, and oranges and the small proportion of Alex to his surroundings. You
feel underground. Although the text tells us that Alex is amazed by what he sees, his face
shows anxiety more than amazement. Dreams can be like that. Although not the lightest
of picture books, it will start children thinking about how the earth really works. You’ll
also find a surprise on the screen of the Earth Machine if you hold the book upside down
to a mirror."
-ChildrensPictureBook.info Review (May 2007)
Author/Illustrator Links: www.kt-illustration-seq.blogspot.com and www.myspace.
com/emo_force
"In a remote house at the base of a mountain, a young boy learns that his father is an
engineer to the world. Father reveals his secret job by taking Alex in a hidden elevator,
first to a mountain top, where Alex views machines that make the world’s wind, and
then down into the depths of the Earth, which holds the planet’s control system—a
computer that “makes the day become night . . . the rain fall, the trees grow.”...The
story’s strength is the mixed-media artwork, which combine boldly outlined, comics-style
figures with textured backgrounds and ornate borders. Too few picture books present a
science fiction premise, and the wild notion of a world run by computers will attract kids
who love machines."
-Booklist, May 2007
"A little boy, Alex, takes a dream time ride with his father in an elevator that can go past
the sky. Alex discovers there are machines that keep the Sun, the Moon, the Earth, and
the stars moving. Returning to Earth, father and son then follow stairs down into the
earth where Alex sees the system of tubs and pipes that water the trees. Venturing
farther down, they enter a small room, which houses the Earth Machine. Alex will one-
day use the machine to keep the whole system of machines running just as his father has
always done. As with all dreams, Alex wakes to find reality different, not as amazing as his
dream, but still right. The illustrations create a mood that is slightly oppressive using dark
browns, greens, and oranges and the small proportion of Alex to his surroundings. You
feel underground. Although the text tells us that Alex is amazed by what he sees, his face
shows anxiety more than amazement. Dreams can be like that. Although not the lightest
of picture books, it will start children thinking about how the earth really works. You’ll
also find a surprise on the screen of the Earth Machine if you hold the book upside down
to a mirror."
-ChildrensPictureBook.info Review (May 2007)
Author/Illustrator Links: www.kt-illustration-seq.blogspot.com and www.myspace.
com/emo_force