Showing posts with label Robots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robots. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 01, 2014

Clink by Kelly Dipucchio and Matthew Myers

From chapters.ca:
Clink was a state of the art robot with the dazzling ability to make toast and play music at the same time. But that was many years ago. Now kids want snazzier robots who do things like play baseball and bake cookies. So day after day, Clink sits on a shelf and sadly watches as his friends leave with their new owners. He almost gives up on ever finding a home - until the day Clink spies a boy who just might be able to be the right one for him.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Boy + Bot by Amy Dyckman, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino


From chapters.ca:
One day, a boy and a robot meet in the woods. They play. They have fun. But when Bot gets switched off, Boy thinks he's sick. The usual remedies - apple sauce, reading a story - don't help, so Boy tucks the sick Bot in, then falls asleep. Bot is worried when he powers on and finds his friend powered off. He takes Boy home with him and tries all his remedies - oil, reading an instruction manual. Nothing revives the malfunctioning Boy! Can the Inventor help fix him? Using the perfect blend of sweetness and humour  this story of an adorable duo will win the hearts of the very youngest readers.

Saturday, April 06, 2013

Mechanimals by Chris Tougas

From chapters.ca:
When a tornado leaves a farmer with a heap of scrap metal and no animals, his neighbors are sure it's all over for him. But the determined farmer refuses to admit defeat. His plans are big, and when his neighbours dismiss them with the words, "When pigs fly," they grow bigger still. The farmer sets to work to turn that scrap metal into some rather surprising creatures. Mechanimals will help all of us believe in our dreams, despite what the neighbours may say.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Zita the Spacegirl Book One: Far from Home by Ben Hatke

From chapters.ca: Zita's life took a cosmic left turn in the blink of an eye. When her best friend is abducted by an alien doomsday cult, Zita leaps to the rescue and finds herself a stranger on a strange planet. Humanoid chickens and neurotic robots are shocking enough as new experiences go, but Zita is even more surprised to find herself taking on the role of intergalactic hero. Before long, aliens in all shapes and sizes don't even phase her. Neither do ancient prophecies, doomed planets, or even a friendly con man who takes a mysterious interest in Zita's quest. Zita the Spacegirl is a fun, captivating tale of friendship and redemption from Flight veteran Ben Hatke. It also has more whimsical, eye- catching, Miyazaki- esque monsters than you can shake a stick at.

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Robot Dog by Mark Oliver

From chapters.ca:
In a factory on a hill, a huge machine creates robot dogs for owners eager to feed and play with the lively creatures. But when Scrap dents his ear, he is exiled to the junkyard where all of the other rejected creatures live without someone to care for them. The yard is a comfortable place, but it is never quite the same as finding an owner. What can the rejected dogs do? All dogs, even robot dogs, want an owner. With adorable illustrations, this charming tale is the perfect story for any child searching for a place in the world.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Baby Brains and Robomom by Simon James

From chapters.ca:
Everyone knows that Baby Brains is the smartest baby in the universe. He's certainly clever enough to see how tired Mom and Dad seem to get keeping house and looking after him. Then Baby Brains has a big idea. He puts his genius to work building RoboMom, who can cook, clean, and do the laundry. The new invention is a smashing success... until RoboMom takes on a few too many duties, and the family gets more help than they bargained for!

Monday, January 03, 2011

You Can Do Anything, Daddy! by Michael Rex

From chapters.ca:
If your dad is willing to save you from pirates, gorilla pirates, robot gorilla pirates and even robot gorilla pirates from Mars, you know heall do anything for you. And if that makes your dad hungry and thirsty or if he gets cuts and bruises, you know just how to take care of him right back. An adventurous tale of the heroic lengths fathers and sons will go for each other that will elicit gasps, giggles and warm contented sighs.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Wendel's Workshop by Chris Riddell

Wendel is an inventor. He invents day and night and, when something doesn't turn out the way he wants it, he throws it on the trash heap. Eventually the trash heap gets too big and Wendel needs some help to clean it up. The first cleaning robot he builds doesn't quite work out the way he planned. The second is VERY good at cleaning. Maybe a little too good...

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Robot Zot by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by David Shannon

From chapters.ca:
From the minds of Scieszka and Shannon comes a tale of a quixotic robot determined to conquer the earth. The only problem is that the earth he lands on is a suburban kitchen and he is three inches tall. Robot Zot, the fearless and unstoppable warrior, leaves a trail of destruction as he encounters blenders, toasters, and televisions. But when he discovers the princess... a pink cell phone... his mission takes a new course. Robot Zot must learn how to be a hero - in the name of true love.

And for all those who can't pronounce Scieszka, listen to this.

Friday, February 27, 2009

Mechanimals by Chris Tougas

From chapters.ca:
When a tornado leaves a farmer with a heap of scrap metal and no animals, his neighbours are sure it's all over for him. But the determined farmer refuses to admit defeat. His plans are big, and when his neighbours dismiss them with the words, "When pigs fly," they grow bigger still. The farmer sets to work to turn that scrap metal into some rather surprising creatures. Mechanimals will help all of us believe in our dreams, despite what the neighbours may say.

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Marveltown by Bruce McCall

From chapters.ca:
What's it like growing up in a town founded by inventors? On Saturdays, the adults open the doors of the Invent-o-Drome and give local children free rein to create whatever gadgets they can think up. Hypno-Goggles, a Rocket Chair, a homework- eating robo- dog - the can- do kids of Marveltown are never at a loss for ideas. But when an unfortunate short circuit causes a group of giant robot workers to go berserk - and the adults flee for their lives - are the kids ready to put their know- how to the test? In his first book for children, veteran illustrator Bruce McCall has crafted a tale of ingenuity and mayhem with pictures that pop with retro charm and crackerjack wit.

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Robot Dreams by Sara Varon

From chapters.ca:
This moving, charming graphic novel about a dog and a robot shows us in poignant detail how powerful and fragile relationships are. After a Labour Day jaunt to the beach leaves the robot rusted, immobilized in the sand, the dog must return alone to the life they shared. But the memory of their friendship lingers, and as the seasons pass, the dog tries to fill the emotional void left by the loss of his closest friend, making and losing a series of friends, from a melting snowman to epicurean anteaters. But for the robot, lying rusting on the beach, the only relief from loneliness is in dreams.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Monkey See, Monkey Do by Donough O'Malley

From chapters.ca:
It's the day of the big rocket launch, but the professor can't decide who should fly the rocket: Patrick the monkey or Q-bert the robot. So he devises a series of clever tests to determine who's the smartest. In the building- block competition, Q-bert builds a pyramid while Patrick attempts to eat the blocks. And so it goes, test after test. Naturally, Q-bert wins hands down, but Patrick, certain he's the best monkey for the job, makes a last-ditch, all-out effort to reach the launch pad before Q-bert blasts off...Quirky humour, visual puns, and bold illustrations are designed especially to appeal to young boys.

Friday, November 30, 2007

The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1 by PJ Haarsma

From the back of the book:
When the children on the seed ship Renaissance are orphaned in outer space, thirteen-year-old Johnny Turnbull and his sister, Ketheria, are forced to work as knud-nits on the Rings of Orbis. But Johnny soon discovers that his is the first human Softwire - he has a special gift that allows him to enter any computer with his mind. And when the central computer on Orbis mysteriously malfunctions, the Citizens point their fingers at the Softwire.

Monday, July 30, 2007

The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey

From chapters.ca:
George Beard and Harold Hutchins are your average fourth graders, always ready with a devastating practical joke or two — and always getting into trouble for them. So they fight back by hypnotizing their formidable principal, Mr. Krupp, thereby turning him into a superhero from their own cartoons: Captain Underpants. Before you can cheer “Wedgie Power,” the newly transformed Principal Krupp is flying out the window and tackling crime wherever he find it, intercepting robbers and robots alike. Of course, he needs the help of his creators, who are usually the ones to get Captain Underpants out of his jams and save the planet, as is the situation with the terrible Dr. Diaper.

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Norby by Janet and Isaac Asimov

Jeff Wells and his robot Norby have a number of mid-adventures in quite a number of books by Isaac Asimov and his wife, Janet.

This is the only Asimov fiction I know of that was written expressly for children.

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

I Robot by Isaac Asimov

From chapters.ca:
Isaac Asimov’s Robot series and Foundation series comprise some of the greatest classics in their genre. They probe the questions of technology and destiny, war and politics that have captured readers’ imaginations for generations. I, Robot, the first and most widely read book in Asimov’s Robot series, is a collection of nine stories that forever changed the world’s perception of artificial intelligence. Here are stories of sensitive robots, robots gone mad, mind-reading robots, prankster robots, and closeted robots that secretly dominate politics. Chronicling the robot’s development from primitive prototype to ultimate perfection, I, Robot blends scientific fact with science fiction in Asimov’s provocative style.
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