Author: Ame Dyckman
Illustrator: Dan Yaccarino
Genre: Science Fiction
Awards: AISLE Read-Aloud Books Too Good To Miss (2013), Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book for Children and Teens (2013), SCBWI Crystal Kite Award (Atlantic, 2013), Please Touch Museum Book Award (2013), Utah Beehive Book Award Nominee (2014)
Grade(s): Pre-K - 1st
Summary: This book is about a little boy who becomes best friends with a robot. One day, the robot fell in the forest and hit a rock that flipped his power switch to "off." Since the robot was not talking or moving, the boy thought the robot was sick or that something was wrong. So as the boy had always known, he took the robot home and fed him apple sauce, read him a story, and tucked him into bed. When the boy's parents came in to check on him that night, they did not see that Robot was behind the door and ended up hitting Robot's power switch with the door. When the robot powered on, he saw the boy was sleeping. He thought something was wrong with the boy since he was not talking or moving. So Robot did what he knew to do when something wasn't working quite right. He took the boy home and oiled him up and tried to give him a spare battery. The inventor came into the room and explained to the robot that the little boy was a human and did not take oil or spare batteries. When the boy woke up, he saw that Robot was okay and they gave each other a big hug. Then the inventor drove the boy home and the robot invited the boy to play again the next day. And they did. They became the best of friends.
My Thoughts: I loved this book and would definitely use it in my classroom to inspire my students. It is a cute tale that suggests to children that you can have many different types of friends. Well, maybe not robot friends, but definitely all different kinds of friends. I don't think I would be able to find a way to incorporate this book into any of my lessons, but I definitely think it would be a good book to enrich my classroom library with.
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