Robot in Love by T.L. McBeth. PICTURE BOOK. Godwin Books (Henry Holt and Company), 2018. $19. 9781250185938
BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Robot has fallen in love. The reader is privy to all his yearnings and heart aches, but not to whom the subject of his love is. The anguished robot visits his romantic interest one day to learn that she is gone. He does some detective work and finds her again and they live happily ever after.
I guessed from the first page what the punchline would be (the object of his admiration would be an appliance) and the book offered little by way of surprise or delight. I was also somewhat uncomfortable with his romance with someone/something that could not return his affection.
Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher
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