Raybot and Weebot

by Adam F. Watkins, Andrew Bates (Read by)

Overview

Watch out, Raybot, there's a new robot in the junkyard! Weebot is cute, precocious, and looking for trouble. 
Raybot now has two friends, and he's never been happier. That is, until Weebot arrives at the junkyard. At first, Raybot enjoys being Weebot’s big brother, but he soon sees that the little robot is noisy, messy, and always breaking Raybot’s toys. Can Raybot learn to embrace the chaos caused by this adorable little robot, or will Weebot’s excitability and endless energy become too much for Raybot to handle? Adam F. Watkins has crafted a new and hilarious tale of friendship and family in his third robot-themed picture book, Raybot and Weebot.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781524785635
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	06/27/2017
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	146 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Adam F. Watkins lives in southern Ohio with his wife, Amy, and daughter, Lucy. He graduated from the Columbus College of Art and Design in 2004, where he majored in illustration, studying under C. F. Payne his junior and senior years. He worked for an advertising agency in Cincinnati after graduation and is now a full-time freelancer. He loves children's books and the outdoors.

Editorial Reviews

10/01/2017
PreS-Gr 1—After making some friends in his previous book, Raybot is back and about to receive a new family member. When Weebot (a robot who looks like a TV set on a unicycle) arrives, Raybot is delighted. Here is someone who is energetic and fun. But this also means that there is no downtime, and a lot of messes, too. What is a robot to do but try to "return" his little brother? Raybot's actions reflect the thoughts of many children who find a sibling's actions annoying. He also comes to the same realization that they usually do. Without Weebot around, Raybot misses him. As a visual reminder of their contrasting personalities, the older bot is painted in orange and red stripes, while Weebot is primarily blue. Even though the story itself is told by Raybot, Weebot does have a voice. Children will enjoy every "Bap Bop" and "Bee Bop"; sticking with the theme of the little bot's messy creativity, the dialogue looks like it was stencilled on in yellow paint. The illustrations were made in a combination of oil paint, ink, and pen. VERDICT Raybot and Weebot stand as a nice reminder to siblings about why they should appreciate one another.—Rachel Forbes, Oakville Public Library, Ont.

School Library Journal

2017-03-29
Mechanical Raybot enjoys a peaceful, orderly life in the junkyard—until the arrival of diminutive Weebot, who hardly ever powers down. Echoing, no doubt, the experience of older sibs of the flesh-and-bone variety, Raybot's initial delight at having a new playmate turns to dismay and exhaustion as Weebot—sounding like R2-D2 ("BEEP BOOP") but looking rather like a microwave perched atop a unicycle—zooms about indefatigably spilling paint, popping a soccer ball, stranding a kite in a tree. "Raybot tries to teach him the rules and how to play nice, but Weebot sometimes ruins things." Having finally succumbed to the understandable impulse to leave Weebot in a crate by the side of the road, though, Raybot discovers that things just aren't the same…and so welcomes the return of the rubber-tired tyke ("WAY BOT!") with open arms. Readers will have to have met Raybot's bird and dog, respectively Puppy and Parrot, in Raybot (2016) in order to get the joke about their names, and it's hard to see how one rusty car set amid broad, rolling fields of flowers and closely trimmed grass qualifies as a "junkyard." Still, Watkins crafts his robots with expressive faces and postures to underscore the episode's emotional currents. A cozy cybernetic variation on a popular theme. (Picture book. 4-6)

Kirkus Reviews