The Time Machine Next Door: Inventors and Dinosaurs

Author: Iszi Lawrence

Interest age: from c 7 years

Published on 28 August 2025 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Bloomsbury Education) in the United Kingdom as part of 'The Time Machine Next Door' series.

Paperback | 160 pages
198 x 130 x 14mm | 140g

A page-turning, laugh-out-loud historical adventure by comedian and broadcaster Iszi Lawrence (as seen on Netflix and Sky History), perfect for fans of Horrible Histories.

Sunil and his scientist neighbour Alex need to return a pterosaur to the Jurassic period, but the time machine won't take them. Alex needs to use her thinking cap to find a way to fix the machine and send the dinosaur home! Join her and Sunil on an exciting journey through time, meeting Hedy Lamarr who invented Wi-Fi, Leonardo Da Vinci and the father of mathematics, Archimedes.

The Time Machine Next Door is an exciting new series of quirky historical chapter books for readers aged 7-9, to be enjoyed as a series or as standalone stories. The series brings lesser-known parts of history to life with hilarious plots, real-life characters, fascinating facts and fantastic illustrations.