History Adventure Comic Books
Time Playground: educational comic series, produced by Toy Theater, 2024
Follow Emma, Ayden, Aunt Glo and Bert as they travel back in time for four fun adventures...
Dodge extinct beasts and tour a busy Stone Age village. Catch a ride to Huffman Prairie to get a glimpse of the Wright brothers in action. Sail down the papyrus-filled Nile in search of ancient treasure. And sneak through a steam-powered factory to claim a chocolatey reward.
This is what you'll learn along the way:
- How stone tools shaped early humans, from hunter-gatherers to skilled farmers, and built the first settlements.
- How our fascination with flying evolved from balloons and gliders to the first mechanical, steerable airplane.
- How ancient Egypt flourished, using grass from the Nile to make everything from clothes to boats and the very first paper.
- How coal and steam fuelled the Industrial Revolution, to bring affordable, mass-produced treats to the world.
The Chocolate Molded By Steam
Book four
Emma and Ayden sneak off to the smoke-filled skies of Victorian England, with an egg mold and a chocolate-gorging master plan. On the way to the shop, they get dragged into the steam-powered chocolate factory. Where they get a taste of old-fashioned child labor instead.
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The Plant That Grew A Kingdom
Book three
Emma and the team travel back in time to ancient Egypt, with clues that lead to hidden treasure. Their search takes them on a perilous ride down the Nile River. On an adventure made possible by a single plant.
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The Bike Part That Flew
Book two
Emma's friend Ayden joins her for another time-traveling adventure with Aunt Glo and Bert. Armed with a bike chain and disguised in Edwardian gear, they zip to Ohio, 1903. On a mission to discover how parts from a bike shop helped win the race to conquer the skies.
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The Stones That Shaped Us
Book one
Emma is staying with her aunt and uncle while her parents jet off into the sun. A whole week, with nothing to do, in a boring old museum. That is, until she discovers the basement laboratory, where her aunt is hiding a talking robot bird and a TIME MACHINE! And Emma's just in time to test it out, with a spearhead dating back to the Stone Age.
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The Great Corndog Abduction
A small-town sci-fi adventure, 2021
Friends are scarce, money is tight, his baby sister hogs all the attention. Twelve-year-old Owen can't wait to escape his crumbling west coast town. The last time something exciting happened there was 1952, when a UFO sighting sparked rumours of an alien abduction. A missing newborn baby, never seen again.
When a mysterious corndog factory drops into town with strange gangly men in bowler hats and suits, things finally start to look up. There's a grand opening carnival coming, and a rubber corndog hunt with a prize Owen can't resist: a ride in a hot air balloon!
As Owen competes against friend and foe, a stranger observes from Earth's orbit. For nothing is what it seems, and the winner might get more than they bargained for.
