Hello Robots!

by Joan Holub, Chris Dickason (Illustrator)

Overview

New from beloved author Joan Holub, Hello Robots! is a fun, playful board book about robots and sequencing!

Hello Buzz.
Hello Beep.
Hello robots fast asleep.
Wake up! Get dressed, robots!

Perfect for reading out loud, Joan Holub’s hilarious text and Chris Dickason’s lively illustrations will have little ones learning and laughing as they try to help sleepy robots complete their morning routine in the correct order.

A clever, interactive approach to first concepts, the Hello board book series introduces important “next-step” concepts like sequencing in a hilariously engaging way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534418714
Publisher:	Little Simon
Publication date:	01/22/2019
Series:	A Hello Book
Pages:	26
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	1 - 4 Years

About the Author

Joan Holub has authored and/or illustrated over 140 children’s books, including the Goddess Girls series, the Heroes in Training series, the New York Times bestselling picture book Mighty Dads (illustrated by James Dean), and Little Red Writing (illustrated by Melissa Sweet). She lives in North Carolina and is online at JoanHolub.com.

Chris Dickason grew up somewhere between the canals of southwest France, the Swiss mountains, England’s estuaries and amusement arcades. The youngest of four children (the ‘little brother’ role he still embraces in adulthood). Chris spent the majority of his education drawing on his friends’ schoolbooks and was brought up on a diet of Tom & Jerry, Swiss chocolates, cheap fizzy pop and French sunshine.

Editorial Reviews

2019-03-03

A brightly illustrated story told in rhyme about mixed-up robots getting ready for the day.

Holub and Dickason team up for another title echoing the style of their similarly formatted Hello Knights! and Hello Ninjas! (both 2018). Here, the titular robots are having trouble getting ready for the day. They put socks on top of shoes and even forget how to eat their cereal, pouring milk on their heads and flipping their bowls upside down on the table. The confusion comes to a climax in a double gatefold in which the robots realize that they need a reboot, correcting their routines. Young readers will delight in the silliness: underpants on heads, bathing in clothes. Holub's rhyming text works well for the most part and includes some charming turns of phrase, such as "brushing bolts" in place of brushing teeth. Dickason's illustrations use a consistent palette of mostly primary colors and feature 1960s-style robots drawn with antennae, motherboards on boxy chests, and wheels for feet. The pages are busy and packed, allowing for new discoveries upon each read, though this busyness argues for use with older toddlers. It's not entirely clear where the robots are headed (school?) or whether or not they're also ETs (they fly away on a spaceship), but the story is fun enough to overlook those muddled details.

Good for a giggle from preschool readers despite its slight imperfections. (Board book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews