The Adventures of Rutger, Thomas & Paco 2 – The Time Machine
Publisher: Kosmos
On the bestseller list for more than a year
Winner of the Children’s Jury Award 2023
Over 380.000 sold copies of part one and two
The feline Professor Whiskers continues to thwart Rutger, Thomas and Paco. In the second part in the series, he sends them to the past with a time machine. It takes them to the time of the Egyptians, dinosaurs, Vikings and much more. How should Rutger, Thomas and Paco travel back to the present? And will they succeed in eliminating Professor Whiskers once and for all? An adventure full of humor and suspense, accessibly written.
Praise:
‘It’s a smoothly written story full of twists and turns, wacky nonsense and references to popular culture (…) For a children’s book, it has a particularly modern form. Not only are there lots of colourful cartoon-like illustrations in it, by Sabine van der Stadt, but, surprisingly, short parts of the story are told in well-drawn comic strips as well. This provides pace and variety to the story. The books seem to be a successful link between the strongly image-driven YouTube and internet culture and that of the written word.’ – NRC
