Zoom!

On the hottest night of the year, what respite would you seek? Might it be to go up on the roof? Then again, what if the discovery of a telescope could lead you on an adventure?

It seems that with just a little work on the ‘zoomer- inner‘ and some polishing of the lens, the boy and his Grandad can see a planet! In fact, this planet is so clear to them, that it’s obvious that the astronauts alongside a space module are in trouble. It means that they need the boy and Grandad’s help! This will need a plan, measuring and designing, an undercarriage and a countdown. Their journey is carefully plotted upon intergalactic star charts, so that they go through ‘asteroid clouds‘ and around ‘a quasar‘. Won’t the astronauts be pleased to see the boy and Grandad? Then again, it seem they’e a bit of measuring, drilling, sticking and gluing to do to make the space module operable for the astronauts!

All of this action would make it too exciting to sleep! In fact, wouldn’t they fly through the night to land by parachute the next morning?

Bookwagon is awed by the pictures, the imagination, the wonder, inspired by Zoom! Like the other series featuring the boy and Grandad, this picture book is laden with possibilities. Altogether, it is a triumph. Bookwagon loves and recommends Zoom!