Benson and the Wishing Machine - Softcover

Dodd, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 190844763X ISBN 13: 9781908447630

Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

When Mr Elvic first comes to his workshop on Cinder Lane, he makes an unusual discovery - an old, dismantled Wishing Machine. He sets about repairing it and, to his astonishment, the machines works perfectly. With his first wish he gives his loveable ginger cat the power of speech. However, well-meaning as he is, Benson the cat is also very mischievous. It is not long before Mr Elvic and Benson find themselves in all sorts of scrapes as they set about using their secret Wishing Machine to help their friends and neighbours. Will other people find out about the Wishing Machine? How reliable is a talking cat when it comes to keeping secrets? In this enchanting tale, Susan has drawn on her childhood memories to create a gentle world of kindly townsfolk and a talking cat. Poignant and beautifully written, "Benson and the Wishing Machine" offers an engaging modern parable that will amaze and amuse young and old readers alike.

About this title

About the Author

Susan Dodd has been writing stories ever since she was a girl and, as a former schoolteacher, has also told quite a few to her pupils. In this - her first published book - she draws on childhood memories of Louth in Lincolnshire and of watching the sparks fly from the grinding machines that her father used in his repair workshop. She says, "Even when I was older, the 'magic' and smells of the workshop never left me." Susan Dodd lives with her husband in nearby Waltham and is an avid supporter of Grimsby Town Football Club.

Edition details

• Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190844763X
• ISBN 13: 9781908447630
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 162