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Synopsis
Robots are one of the most successful inventions of the 20th century. In this fascinating book, clear text, full-color pop-ups, & interactive pull-tabs lead you through five different environments: space, an ocean bed, a factory, a hospital, & a nuclear power plant, & allow you to find out for yourself how each robot actually works! You can even shake the hand of a friendly robot from the future!
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From Publishers Weekly
This novelty item delivers less than it promises, pairing somewhat sophisticated text about remote-controlled vehicles and other robotic devices with unilluminating if elaborate pop-ups. While pull-tabs and levers invite readers to manipulate paper-engineered equipment, the motions are rarely more than a back-and-forth movement, far too simple to intrigue those advanced enough to understand the often complex terminology. A CAT scan, for example, is said to provide "three-dimensional coordinates" to which a robotic arm can "return with precision to insert probes, a biopsy needle, or medication"; the accompanying pop-up, a complicated-looking scene of an operating room, merely allows the reader to tug on a tab in order to get a robotic arm near a cardboard patient's head. Other spreads describe how robots can perform tasks impossible for humans, in settings ranging from outer space to the deep sea, from factories to nuclear power plants. The concept here is a nifty one; it's too bad the authors didn't borrow some of that robotic precision to delimit their audience. Ages 6-10.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
''Interactive pull tabs and pop-ups tell kids how different robots work in different situations. From factory robots and remote-controlled vehicles to a fantastic pop-up depicting a futuristic robot, this packs in plenty of beautiful robot concepts to educate and entertain kids.'' --Midwest Book Review
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- PublisherDial Press
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0756772842
- ISBN 13 9780756772840
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages14
- IllustratorGavin MacLeod
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