Billie Builds a RoboCorn

by José Avelino Gilles Lourenço, James Braithwaite (Illustrator)

Overview

A hilarious picture book character has hit the scene! Meet Billie: she's wily, she's precocious, she's funny and she will not take no for an answer . . . but even Billie has to make new friends sometimes!

Billie is relentlessly resourceful. Nothing can keep her down!

Band has no instruments? Easy. She’ll make some.

Dad's Zoom meetings too boring? Piece of cake. She'll liven them up with a dramatic reading from her favorite book.

Moving away from her house and her favorite things? A breeze. She'll pack with the best of them.

Friends all left behind? No problem. She'll just create one! Ta-da! His name is Robocorn, and he's a majestic robot unicorn capable of deep conversation, limbo, jumping over the sun and making pancakes. What more could a person need?

Certainly not human friends . . . right?

This hilarious picture book features a lovable and irrepressible new character certain to take the world by storm. No one can resist Billie, and Robocorn . . . well, Robocorn is truly one of a kind. Definitely in a good way. For sure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781774884041
Publisher:	Tundra Book Group
Publication date:	04/14/2026
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

JOSÉ AVELINO GILLES CORBETT LOURENÇO is a writer and filmmaker who lives in Toronto with his wife and two small daughters. His feature writing/directing debut, Young Werther was featured at TIFF and now has wide release; his short film, Romance Language, won a BravoFACT production award, premiered at Palm Springs, jogged along from festival to festival, then sprinted online as a Vimeo Staff Pick. Other recent projects include the feature screenplay Massey ’53 for Rhombus Films and a feature screenplay for Simon Kinberg's Genre Films at Fox. A graduate of McGill University, José's career began in print journalism. He was a copy editor and columnist at the Toronto Star, after which he transitioned into broadcast television producing at MuchMusic and the CBC.

James Braithwaite is an illustrator, animator and writer, who lives in Toronto with his lovely wife and two little sprogs. James’ work has been nominated for an Oscar, was presented at the Guggenheim, and won an Emmy. An Emmy is alarmingly sharp, and is great for holding bananas. James currently spends all his time in his studio softly muttering at his watercolour palettes. He’s fine. But you should probably bring him a bagel.