Gladys Jose is an illustrator and storyteller. She graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2012, where she earned a Bachelors in Fine Arts degree, specializing in graphic design. Gladys is the illustrator of FRESH PRINCESS (HarperCollins, 2019), THE ELEPHANTS HIDE AND SEEK HANDBOOK (Sourcebooks 2020) LEONORA BOLT: SECRET INVENTOR (Puffin 2021) as well as a chapter book series for EPIC! Books. With massive mechanoid fights, explosions and laser battles, this fourth comic book adventure for the Mega Robo Bros once again asks thoughtful questions about what makes us human and features its customary cast of diverse characters. Fizzing with fun, friendship and fabulous inventions!' - Maria Kuzniar, author of The Ship of Shadows Leonora was brave and I loved how she faced challenges head on, I liked her relationship with Millie the cook and how she made friends easily.

Leonora Bolt spends her days creating incredible inventions in her TOP SECRET laboratory, under the watchful eye of her terrifying uncle. Everything changes one day when a strange boy washes up on an inflatable lobster and reveals that Uncle Luther has been stealing her inventions and selling them on the mainland. Leonora, armed with her most important inventions, must leave Crabby Island for the first time EVER to embark on an unforgettable journey that will test her brainpower to its limits. But when all their fancy-pants gadgets fail in the hot-hot heat, it's down to Leonora to use her eco-engineering imagination. Can she invent something to shut down Brightworld and save her parents - before there's a meltdown? Leonora Bolt makes amazing gadgets from any old junk. And her inventions have already stopped villainous Uncle Luther TWICE, though she hasn't rescued her super-scientist parents from him - yet. I’m fairly new to reading MG, but have been more than making up for it this year and Leonora Bolt is definitely one of my favourites of 2022! So well written, engaging, inventive and funny. It’s also inspiring to see a girl character with an interest in STEM. I loved Leonora! What a fabulous and fun character, and a joy to read. An inspirational character for young readers.To άκρως μυστικό εργαστήρι της Λεονόρας (ΜΕΙΝΕΤΕ ΜΑΚΡΙΑ!) είναι στην κορυφή ενός παλιού φάρου. Ο φάρος βρίσκεται στο νησί Κράμπι. Και το νησί Κράμπι είναι πεταμένο στη μέση του… απόλυτου πουθενά! Here's a round-up of new children's books from the last year (2022), which we think any child aged 6 to 7 years will love.

Really fun story about an amazing inventor who is being exploited by her cruel uncle and held captive on Crabby Island. Everything changes one day when a strange boy washes up on an inflatable lobster and reveals that Uncle Luther has been stealing her inventions and selling them on the mainland. Leonora, armed with her most important inventions, must leave Crabby Island for the first time EVER to embark on an unforgettable journey that will test her brainpower to its limits.Inventor Leonora Bolt has never left the remote island she lives on with her pet otter and an eccentric housekeeper! When a young castaway washes ashore, she begins to learn all about the mainland - which is in terrible danger. Can Leonora and her friends save it? Leonora has a brilliant secret workshop that she uses to make her inventions and she has to use this to help her battle her uncle who is not very nice.