Gorkle is an epic children's book. I liked the dark forest theme. It would be very delightful for a young child aged 5 to 9. I was lucky to read one of the first copies. I think it's delightful.

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    Stephen, aged 11

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Gorkle is a magical little gremlin who longs for a spectrum of radiant colours in a world where he simply wishes for things that are different from his world. He hoards colours but it is however visitors from planet Earth that will find the solutions and friendship that Gorkle could not find on his own. Gorkle is a creative story about a gremlin living in an abstract world that will intrigue children's imagination throughout the story.

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    Mark Alfano

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Penny Macoun’s debut picture storybook, Gorkle, imagines what it would be like if Cyberspace were a real place, where gremlins can access text messages from Earth and squirrel them away for their own enjoyment.

When three-eyed gremlin, Gorkle, starts intercepting text messages and stops them reaching their intended recipients, Earthling intervention becomes inevitable. A pair of humans come to investigate, and Gorkle realises that, for the sake of earthly communications, some kind of compromise will need to be reached.

Gorkle is a charming, humorous and vividly illustrated story that explores themes of communication, technology and friendship. It will be an ideal prompt for home and classroom discussions about technological developments and the problems that can arise from them. It will also stimulate young minds to think more deeply about technologies that we all take for granted, and to ask questions about how they work and what our lives would be like without them.

Highly recommended.

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    Cameron Macintosh

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Children's stories author with qualifications and experience in her field, can't wait to read her works!!

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    Marisa Tagliapietra