Boy and Bot - Hardcover

Dyckman, Ame

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1101936886 ISBN 13: 9781101936887

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2016

Synopsis

The story of an irresistible friendship between a boy and a robot, now in board for little hands.
 
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! So Boy tucks the bot into bed and 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 humor, this story of an adorable duo will win the hearts of the very youngest readers.

About this title

About the Author:

Ame Dyckman reads and writes picture books when she should be sleeping. She’s the award-winning author of Boy + Bot, Tea Party Rules, Wolfie the Bunny, and more. Ame lives in New Jersey with her family, her crazy cat, and the characters from her books. Learn more at amedyckman.com.
 
Dan Yaccarino is an internationally acclaimed author-illustrator with more than thirty books to his credit. Dan is also the creator of the animated TV series Oswald. He lives in New York City with his wife and two children. Learn more at danyaccarino.com.

From Booklist:

*Starred Review* Is any love greater than that between a boy and his robot? While picking pinecones, a boy meets a bright-red, rocket-shaped robot and asks, “Want to play? “Affirmative!” the robot responds, and the pair has tons of fun until a rock bumps the robot’s power switch off. Not understanding the bot’s unresponsiveness, the boy wheels him home and begins feeding him applesauce, reading him a story, and crafting a makeshift bed. When the boy’s parents, unaware of a robot behind the door, check on their son, the door bumps the robot’s power switch back on. Not distinguishing the boy’s unresponsiveness as sleep, the robot, in a humorous reversal, fears the boy has malfunctioned and carries him back to his laboratory, where he gives him oil and begins to prepare a new battery—when, just in time, the not-evil-at-all inventor shows up to put things right. The spare text (“Boy! You-are-fixed!”) replicates the steady beats of the simple yet comedic story, while Yaccarino’s expressive, quirky, and humorously geometric gouache illustrations make the boy and robot’s relationship all the more endearing. The final, nearly wordless pages, with snapshots of the friends at play, are priceless. Preschool-Grade 1. --Angela Leeper

About this edition

• Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1101936886
• ISBN 13: 9781101936887
• Binding: Board book
• Number of pages: 24
• Illustrator: Yaccarino Dan