A group of scientists gather in a sooty, steampunk-like world to despair about the state of the planet. Their only hope comes in the form of a smooth-talking Horologist who proposes a Great Project, a Clockwork Menagerie that will clean the air, purify the soil and replace all the life-forms that have been lost in this dying land.
Work begins on the mechanical wonders at once, and before long the clockwork animals are unveiled to much fanfare. The Menagerie is impeccable! Irrepressible! Incontestable! The Horologist has thought of everything . . . well, almost everything.
When the Great Project fails, all hope is lost . . . until something completely unexpected leads the Horologist to the studio of his young apprentice, where he is nurturing something very special of his own.
The Clockwork Menagerie is a sweeping and timely inspirational tale that celebrates the importance of the natural world and caring for our planet, one small act a time.
Author
Terry Fan
Terry Fan is one of the New York Times bestselling Fan Brothers whose picture books include The Barnabus Project, Barnaby Unboxed!, The Night Gardener, The Clockwork Menagerie and Ocean Meets Sky. The Fan Brothers also illustrated the Chris Hadfield-penned picture book The Darkest Dark, Dashka Slater’s The Antlered Ship, Beth Ferry’s The Scarecrow and Beth Ferry’s Growing Home. Recipients of the prestigious Sendak Fellowship, they have received a Governor General’s Literary Award and the Dilys Evans Founder’s Award from the Society of Illustrators, and were also shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal among other honors.
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Eric Fan
ERIC FAN is one of the New York Times bestselling Fan Brothers whose picture books include The Barnabus Project, Barnaby Unboxed!, The Night Gardener, The Clockwork Menagerie and Ocean Meets Sky. The Fan Brothers also illustrated the Chris Hadfield-penned picture book The Darkest Dark, Dashka Slater’s The Antlered Ship, Beth Ferry’s The Scarecrow and Beth Ferry’s Growing Home. Recipients of the prestigious Sendak Fellowship, they have received a Governor General’s Literary Award and the Dilys Evans Founder’s Award from the Society of Illustrators, and were also shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal among other honors.
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