Franky
Age 3+
Picture Storybooks
A treat for robot lovers—about opening your eyes to the unbelievable—by a leading international author from the Gecko stable.
Sam loves robots. He is certain they live in outer space among the stars. Everyone laughs at him. No one understands him. No one except for Franky, that is...
Creators
Wellington Writers Week in 2014 in a session that had people rush to the signing queue afterwards to meet this beautiful man!
Leo was born in 1970 in Belgium. At the age of 12 he started to draw comics. Trained in graphic design, he illustrates for Belgian magazines and papers as well as illustrating picture books. He now has a large following in Belgium as a preeminent picture book author.
Reviews
An imaginative and visual pleasure as well as confirmation that spaceships don’t beep and blink but sound like spring cleaning.
Kirkus Reviews.
On top of delivering a tender, funny friendship story, Timmers leaves readers with the impression that Sam’s creativity and faith have allowed him to tap into a truth far bigger than himself.
Publishers Weekly
Belgian author-illustrator Leo Timmers has produced another brightly illustrated, mind-stretching picture book.
The Source
