The Day I Found a Wormhole at the Bottom of the Garden

by Tom McLaughlin

  You will need:

  • A goose feather

  • A pot

  • Water

  • Food colouring

  • Scissors

  Directions

  1.Carefully snip the end of the stem of the feather at an angle.

  2.To make the ink, mix a teaspoon of water with ten drops of food colouring in a pot and stir.

  3.Add your quill to the pot and draw up the ink.

  4.Get a piece of paper and get writing!

  Trace the right route for Atticus to take to get home.

  My name’s Tom, I’m the fella who wrote and illustrated the book (illustrated is just a posh way of saying I drew the pictures). I’m here to tell you a little bit about myself. I used to be a cartoonist for a newspaper, it was my job to draw cartoons of prime ministers and Presidents. After that I started writing and illustrating my own books. I like football, fizzy sour sweets, laughing lots, sausages, staring out of the window and writing books. I have a silly children, three wives and a lovely dog … no hang on, I mean I have a silly dog, three children and a lovely wife.

  Find out more at www.tommclaughlin.co.uk

  www.walker.co.uk

  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or, if real, used fictitiously. All statements, activities, stunts, descriptions, information and material of any other kind contained herein are included for entertainment purposes only and should not be relied on for accuracy or replicated as they may result in injury.

  First published in Great Britain 2019 by Walker Books Ltd

  87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ

  Text and illustrations © 2019 Tom McLaughlin

  Cover design © 2019 Walker Books Ltd

  The right of Tom McLaughlin to be identified as author/illustrator of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, taping and recording, without prior written permission from the publisher.

  British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data: a catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

  ISBN 978-1-4063-9004-9 (ePub)

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