Septimus Bean and His Amazing Machine
Encyclopedia
Septimus Bean and His Amazing Machine (ISBN 9780819309990) is a children's book
written by Janet Quin-Harkin
and illustrated by Art Cumings in 1979. It was distributed by the Parents Magazine Press of New York as part of the "read aloud" program.
The story was written in the limerick
form of poetry
about a character who has built an amazing machine whose use has yet to be discovered.
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
written by Janet Quin-Harkin
Janet Quin-Harkin
Janet Quin-Harkin is the author of more than one hundred books. She was born in Bath, England, and has worked for both BBC and Australian TV. Some of her most popular works include "Sweet Dreams," "Sugar and Spice," "Septimus Bean and His Amazing Machine" and "On Our Own," Most of her books...
and illustrated by Art Cumings in 1979. It was distributed by the Parents Magazine Press of New York as part of the "read aloud" program.
The story was written in the limerick
Limerick
Limerick is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland, and the principal city of County Limerick and Ireland's Mid-West Region. It is the fifth most populous city in all of Ireland. When taking the extra-municipal suburbs into account, Limerick is the third largest conurbation in the...
form of poetry
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
about a character who has built an amazing machine whose use has yet to be discovered.