The Message Machine

In Grandpa Odie’s backyard Invention Shed, twins Juno and Kip learn about the telegraph and build a child-sized bell-and-blinker line to help their friend Omar, who broke his ankle and is stuck across the street. After funny tries with a shouting tube and a tin-can phone, the twins, Grandpa, and neighbors hang a safe wire and assemble a button, battery, buzzer, bell, and lamp. Messages fly in

This is a Level 11 book: 20-page stories with future forms and phrasal verbs. Read it with karaoke-style narration — every word lights up as it is read — then listen to it as an audiobook, record your own reading, and finish with a fun quiz.

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