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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Wild Robot
Peter Brown · 287 pages
When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is--but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a fierce storm and escaping a vicious bear attack, she realizes that her only hope for survival is to adapt to her surroundings and learn from the island's unwelcoming animal inhabita
Doug Unplugged
Dan Yaccarino
Doug the robot discovers that cities are much more than downloaded facts when he unplugs from the computer feed and explores one first-hand.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick · 534 pages
ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and the owner of a small toy booth in the train station, Hugo’s undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen
Little Robot
Ben Hatke · 136 pages
From inside front cover: Life outside the robot factory is confusing. Little Robot has a lot to learn ... And that's what friends are for. But with danger on the way, will friendship be enough to save them?
Boy + Bot
Ame Dyckman, Dan Yaccarino · 32 pages
The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot
Margaret McNamara · 38 pages
Three aliens set off to find a new planet for themselves but soon Bork and Gork have forgotten all of their mother's good advice and only Nklxwcyz builds a home safe enough to withstand the Big Bad Robot in this story reminiscent of "The Three Little Pigs."
Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep!
Todd Tarpley
When his three rambunctious robots give every possible excuse not to go to sleep, what's a little boy to do? With a fun refrain that will have readers of all ages chanting along, here's a book that kids will be begging to read every night before bed.
Robo-Sauce
Adam Rubin
A special sauce turns a boy into a robot, and he then transforms everyone and everything into robots, including the book.
Robot Santa: The Further Adventures of Santa's Twin
Dean Koontz · 72 pages
Bob Claus tries to make up for last year's Christmas havoc by building an android that can help his brother, Santa, by delivering toys in a gorilla-driven sleigh, but despite his good intentions, things go horribly wrong.
Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor
Jon Scieszka · 192 pages
Frank Einstein loves to tinker, build and take things apart. He loves to observe, hypothesise, experiment and invent. Frank Einstein is a kid genius who loves figuring out how the world works by creating household contraptions that are part science, part imagination and definitely unusual. After an uneventful experiment with a garage-lab artificially intelligent RoboBug, a lightning storm and a fl
The Search for WondLa
Tony DiTerlizzi · 496 pages
Living in isolation with a robot on what appears to be an alien world populated with bizarre life forms, a twelve-year-old human girl called Eva Nine sets out on a journey to find others like her. Features "augmented reality" pages, in which readers with a webcam can access additional information about Eva Nine's world.
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Roald Dahl · 176 pages
Taking up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory leaves off, Charlie, his family, and Mr. Wonka find themselves launched into space in the great glass elevator.
Mars Needs Moms!
Berkeley Breathed
When a disgruntled boy sees his mother being kidnapped by Martians, he realizes he loves her and will go to any lengths to protect her.
Darth Vader and Friends
Jeffrey Brown · 64 pages
An intimate look at the friendships between best pals in the Star Wars universe, from Darth Vader and the Emperor to Leia and her Ewok pals, Han and Chewie, C-3PO and R2-D2, the bounty hunters, and other favorite characters. Jealousy, birthday parties, lightsaber battles, sharing, intergalactic rebellion and more all come into play as adventures of our friends in a galaxy far, far away.
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers · 151 pages
A Robot in the Garden
Deborah Install · 325 pages
Ben's really great at failing at things-his job, taking the garbage out, and being a husband. But when he discovers a battered robot named Tang in his garden, he decides to get out of his couch-ridden comfort zone. Without a crucial bit of machinery, Tang will stop working, and Ben can't let that happen, especially since he's already alienated everyone else he cares about. Determined to achieve so
Saga, Vol. 3
Brian K. Vaughan · 144 pages
"New parents Marko and Alana travel to an alien world to visit their hero, while the family's pursuers finally close in on their targets" --
Guide to the Crystal Gems
Rebecca Sugar · 96 pages