Language English Illustrator Lane Smith Country United States of America | Media type Print (paperback) Genre Children's literature Publisher Puffin Books | |
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Cover artist Lane Smith
Adam McCauley Published November 1985 – present Characters Joe the Magnificent, Joseph "Joe" Arthur, Anna Arthur, Freddi, Samantha, Jodie, Mrs. Arthur, Fred, Sam Books Knights of the Kitchen Table, The not‑so‑jolly Roger, The good - the bad - and the g, Your Mother Was a Ne, 2095 |
The Time Warp Trio is a book series written by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith and later by Adam McCauley, which chronicles the adventures of three boys – Joe, Sam, and Fred – who travel through time and space with the aid of a mysterious object known as "The Book".
Contents
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The Time Warp Trio was also adapted into an animated television series.
Plot
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For his seventh birthday, Joe receives a mysterious blue book (known only as "The Book") from his magician uncle and namesake, "Joe the Magnificent". Using an often unpredictable number of voice and print cues, The Book transports Joe and his friends, Fred and Sam, to a variety of different times and places, from Camelot's medieval court of knights and dragons to the year 2095, where they meet their own great-granddaughters. The only way they are able to return to present-day Brooklyn, New York is to find The Book again within whatever time period they are in. Anna, Joe's sister, is always eager to have the book (which is quite annoying to Joe). During their travels, Joe and his friends learn that The Book will eventually be inherited by Joe's great-granddaughter, Jodie, who time travels with The Book with her friends, Samantha and Freddi, and occasionally save the boys from trouble when their paths cross or come to visit. The Time Warp Trio faces lots of challenges learning how to use The Book.
Characters
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Books
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- Knights of the Kitchen Table (King Arthur)
- The Not-So-Jolly Roger (Blackbeard)
- The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy (The Wild West)
- Your Mother Was a Neanderthal (Prehistory)
- 2095 (The Future)
- Tut Tut (Ancient Egypt)
- Summer Reading Is Killing Me
- It's All Greek to Me (Ancient Greece)
- See You Later, Gladiator (Ancient Rome)
- Sam Samurai (17th century Japan)
- Hey Kid, Want to Buy a Bridge? (New York City, 1877)
- Viking It and Liking It (The Vikings)
- Me Oh Maya (Maya civilization)
- Da Wild, Da Crazy, Da Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci)
- Oh Say, I Can't See (George Washington)
- Marco? Polo! (Marco Polo)
Television series
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The series debuted on July 9, 2005 as a production by Soup 2 Nuts, in association with WGBH Boston, and initially aired on Discovery Kids and CBBC.
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