Robotic Adventure: "Little Robot" by Ben Hatke

Sometimes it can be hard to make friends. People can be complicated. But robots--robots are simple. And, as it turns out, pretty good friends. In "Little Robot" by Ben Hatke, a little girl hesitates to make friends with other kids. As she's tinkering around in a junkyard, she comes across an adorable little robot that fell off of a delivery truck. They slowly become friends, working around a language barrier to do all sorts of things together. But what happens when a retrieval robot is sent from the robot factory to take the little girl's friend away? With beautiful pictures and limited text, this delightful graphic novel is perfect for anyone from kindergartners to fourth graders. Click on the link above to reserve a copy today.

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