Clearly, one animal’s clutter is another pig’s livelihood in this buoyant, rhyming tale.
Gus’s Garage
Leo Timmers at his best: effortlessly simple text, intricately detailed illustrations, and vehicles galore.
Translated by James Brown
Available as an ebook wherever you buy your ebooks
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Description
In Gus’s Garage, one by one Gus’s friends bring him their vehicles. Gus solves their troubles with ingenious solutions—a cooling system made with a fridge that doubles as ice-cream machine, a burst of speed from a rocket blaster.
Soon the workshop is almost empty, but the last scraps might be just enough to solve Gus’s own problem at the end of a long day.
A children’s picture book for ages 2 and up.
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Book Details
Country of Origin Belgium Reader Age 5-7 year Book Size ISBN
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Reviews
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Imagination Soup –
Do you like to tinker?! Gus does. Gus’s friends visit him with their various problems for him to solve with inventions. Rico needs a bigger seat on his scooter, Gina needs a warmer neck in her car (she’s a giraffe), Miss P. needs refrigeration, and so on. Watch how Gus uses the materials in his full garage to build inventions for his friends. Gorgeous illustrations & inspiring inventions.
Bookwagon (UK) –
‘Gus’s Garage‘ is a delightful story. We suggest it is likely to become a reading favourite, both as a title to look over and reread alone, and a first choice bedtime reading book to share.
New York Times (US) –
Clearly, one animal’s clutter is another pig’s livelihood in this buoyant, rhyming tale.
My Best Friends Are Books (NZ) –
One of the things that I love the most about Leo’s illustrations are the vibrant colours that he uses. His illustrations seem to shine on the pages.
Kids Book Review (AUS) –
Warm, beautifully crafted and stacks of recycled fun, it’s always a pleasure to see what Leo Timmers will get up to next.
What’s Good To Do (UK) –
An excellent children’s story where the pictures tell their own story and the rhyming sentences make it fun and entertaining. We loved it.
Jean Bennett, Bookrapt (NZ) –
Leo Timmer’s brightly-coloured illustrations are eye-catching and humorous. He highlights the individual aspects of the animal characters finding ways to cope in an urban environment. Several birds in the background provide a sub-story of their own as they watch Gus go about his work. There’s a wealth of detail in the assortment of tools and materials that he puts to good use.
Sarah Forster, Booksellers NZ –
The most magical picture books tell their story in images, as much as in words. Gus’s Garage, by Leo Timmers, is the best example of seamless storytelling I have seen recently, joining Timmers’ other wonderful books for early picture book readers.
Storywraps –
I highly recommend this book and I know you will be thrilled with Leo’s fabulous acrylic illustrations and the witty details he’s included into each one. “Gus’s Garage” is a book not to be missed.