Oh, no! Pablo has homework due but the computer conked out! It's
grandma's old typewriter to the rescue in this read-aloud picture
book.
Pablo Pressman has homework to do, and Pablo will do almost anything to
avoid doing his homework. But when his computer breaks down, he is
desperate. His mother takes him up to the attic to discover her mother's
old typewriter. "A what-writer?" asks Pablo, mystified. When his mother
shows him how to strike the keys just so, and the words start to appear
on paper, Pablo is delighted. And imagine his triumph when he presents
his homework at school, amazing his teacher and all his friends with the
story of the mechanical marvel that saved the day.
Kirkus said, "A lovely, full-circle kind of story, related in bouncy
writing characterized by gently percussive onomatopoeia, with
expressive, appropriately retro illustrations...it's heartening to see
via the illustrations that the story involves a multiracial family."
A unique read-aloud about old tech but, more poignantly, about family.