Animal Robots

by Erika L. Shores

Overview

Animal robots include everything from a pet dinosaur to a buzzing hummingbird to a floating jellyfish. Find out just what these awesome machines can do.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781491406526
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	07/01/2014
Series:	Cool Robots Series
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	376,911
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	NC570L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Erika L. Shores has written dozens of nonfiction books for kids. She studied English and Spanish at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. She lives in Minnesota with her two kids, a big orange cat, and a small, fluffy dog.

Table of Contents

Animal robots — On four legs — In the water — In the air.

Editorial Reviews

This entry in the Cool Robots series is, in fact, incredibly cool. . . . The level of writing and the oversize format clearly position this for a young audience, but the content will attract older kids, who may pine for back matter providing additional information. Regardless, this is unusual, high-interest material that makes technology compelling.

Booklist

11/01/2014
Gr 1–3—These slim works examine robots that complete a variety of intriguing tasks, from exploring Mars to photographing the human body. Some robots, however, appear to be little more than amusing toys, and there's scant information on them; for instance, the author of Robots on the Job doesn't elaborate on how the SushiBot can "[make] 300 sushi rolls each hour." The only explanation of what robots are or how they work appears in each title's glossary ("a machine that can do work and is operated by remote control or a computer."). Text is on the spare side, and readers will be hard pressed to make sense of some of the accompanying photographs, which vary in clarity. There's too little content here to support students in pursuing the critical thinking questions at the end of each book. The cool concept here sinks in the vague and sketchy treatment.

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