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T RATOR Leo Timmers charmed his audience at Wellington Writers Week in 2014 in a session that had people rush to the signing queue afterwards to meet this beautiful man! Leo was born in 1970 in Belgium. At the age of 12 he started to draw comics. Trained in graphic design, he illustrates for Belgian magazines and papers as well as illustrating picture books. He now has a large following in Belgium as a preeminent picture book author. Also by Leo Timmers from Gecko Press • Who’s Driving? • BANG • I am the King • The Magical Life of Mr. Renny “Timmers never skimps [in Who’s Driving?], painting with devoted attention every automotive detail and gleam in every chicken’s eye” —starred review, Publishers Weekly (US) “Bang from @Geckopress is THE maddest most irresistible picture book.”—Meg Rosoff on Twitter
240 x 260mm 40 pages Paperback ISBN: 978-1-927271-94-0 Hardback ISBN: 978-1-927271-93-3 Origin: Belgium
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Franky by Leo Timmers Book suitable for ages: 3 to 7 A treat for robot lovers—about opening your eyes to the unbelievable—by a leading international author from the Gecko stable. ABOUT THE BOOK Sam loves robots. He is certain they live in outer space among the stars. Everyone laughs at him. No one understands him. No one except for Franky, that is... A note from the author Sam has a lot of imagination. He loves robots and looks at the stars. But Sam’s parents are busy doing mundane things like vacuuming. They have their eyes closed all the time, which symbolises how blind they are and how self assured they feel. Although Sam and his parents speak the same language, they don’t understand each other. The only one who can understand Sam is … a robot. Sam builds Franky out of the ordinary objects we saw his parents use. Franky and Sam don’t speak the same language, but they understand each other. Of course I hope Franky is in the first place a simple and exciting book to look at and to read to children. —Leo Timmers
awards • Three times winner of the Children’s and Youth Jury Award • Bookfeather Award for illustrations ABOUT GECKO PRESS Gecko Press, founded in 2005, is a New Zealand-based independent publisher of curiously good children’s books. Gecko Press publish award winning books for kids. We produce books from around the world, international best selling books, and recommended books for children. For more information on Gecko Press, visit our website: www.geckopress.com