Il robot selvaggio

Need a good read for a bad day? Here's a Booktube Video all about it!! The Written Review FRIENDSHIP OVER - if you don't love this book (I'm serious - don't test me) I cannot remember the last time when I was so surprised and delighted . This brought me back to my childhood and I am forever grateful Leggi tutto

The natural world can be a cold, cruel place full of the inevitability of danger and death. What purpose do we serve in such a world, what reason can we find so we are truly living and not just killing time (and each other)? When Rozzum unit 7134, or Roz for short, is activated in an island wilderne Leggi tutto

There are far fewer robot middle grade books out there than you might expect. This is probably because, as a general rule, robots fall into the Data from Star Trek trap. Their sole purpose in any narrative is to explain what it is to be human. You see this all the time in pop culture, so it stands t Leggi tutto

Update 1/1/25: Last evening saw the film adaptation, animation, pretty wonderful, award-worthy, and a leading candidate for Academy Award in full length animation film! I liked this 3rd or 4th grade book I listened to with the fam on a road trip in the western US, the first in a series, a trilogy. Ro Leggi tutto

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This was a good idea. I have a nephew who just went to a robot convention to build a little robot. He is robot crazy, so I understand the popularity of a robot very well. I love them in Star Wars. I even loved Data in Star Trek. I could not relate to Roz, the robot, in this story. I didn't understan Leggi tutto

I have heard so many kids mention this series that I had to read it for myself. A robot in a crate washes up on the shore of an island and is activated by ornery otters. Roz the robot comes to life in this book and adapts to life with the animals on the island. Explores the values of friendship, loy Leggi tutto