The Robot and the Bluebird

The Robot and the Bluebird
Author: David Lucas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Birds
ISBN: 9781842707326

There was once a robot with a broken heart, good for nothing but expiring slowly on a scrap heap. Then one winter's day a migrating bluebird lands on his shoulder, too exhausted to go further. The robot offers her shelter in the place where his heart used to be, and her warmth and singing and companionship stir up the last glimmer of energy the robot has; he carries her across snowy wastes to the warm south, whereupon his strength dies out finally. And there he still stands today like an old hollow tree, home every year to singing birds.

Hello, Robots

Hello, Robots
Author: Bob Staake
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2004
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

Nothing can stop hard-working robots, Blink, Zinc, Blip, and Zip, from performing their many household tasks until they get caught in a downpour.

Why Do Bluebirds Hate Me?

Why Do Bluebirds Hate Me?
Author: Mike O'Connor
Publisher: Beacon Press
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2013-10-15
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 080701253X

A collection of humorous Q&As about everything you've always wanted to ask about birds and birding Mike O’Connor knows bird watchers as well as he knows birds. He knows that if you’re even slightly interested in identifying birds or attracting them to your backyard with a feeder, then you’ve also had your share of strange and silly questions about birds and their sometimes inexplicable behavior. In Why Do Bluebirds Hate Me?, O’Connor applies his deep knowledge of all things avian to answer the questions that keep birders up at night. Questions like · Should you clean your birdhouses? · Do swallows have a feather fetish? · How much does it cost to run a heated birdbath? · Is drinking coffee bad for birds? Other questions O’Connor covers range from the practical (Should I rotate the seed in my feeder?) to the quirky (Why are vultures eating my vinyl screen door?) to the just plain adorable (Are those birds kissing or feeding each other?). And he also explains why bluebirds just don’t seem to like some people.

This Book Will Not Be Fun

This Book Will Not Be Fun
Author: Cirocco Dunlap
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 17
Release: 2017-06-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0399550631

*A 2018 Children's and Teen Choice Book Award Finalist! A mouse who acts as a careful custodian of his book tries to guarantee his reader some peace and order in spite of escalating chaos. For fans of The Book With No Pictures and This Book Just Ate My Dog! A book is no place for tomfoolery, and this mouse assures us that his book is to be no exception. Just please ignore that Word-Eating Flying Whale, and—oh, no, the lights have gone out. Wait, what is THAT?! Nothing to fear. Everything is under control. . . . Readers will delight as this charming yet uptight mouse is challenged and subverted by gloriously imaginative creatures that are like nothing you’ve ever seen. Will our little mouse succumb to the attractiveness of their overwhelming exuberance? Newcomer Cirocco Dunlap delivers an on-point debut picture-book text that dances outside the boundaries of its pages. Olivier Tallec breathes extra lunacy into this nutty little world with his absurdist palette and amusing forms.

When It Snows

When It Snows
Author: Richard Collingridge
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2013-08-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1250028310

When it snows in town overnight, a young boy follows the footsteps into a new winter wonderland with snowmen, tiny fairies, and thousands of elves.

The Tale of the Whale

The Tale of the Whale
Author: Karen Swann
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2022-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1534493956

A child and a whale embark on a beautiful journey together in this lyrical, gorgeously illustrated picture book about friendship, hope, and love for the world around us in the vein of The Fisherman & the Whale and Cynthia Rylant’s Life. Where land becomes sky and sky becomes sea, I first saw the whale and the whale first saw me. A child joins a friendly whale for a magical journey of discovery. They sail the blue ocean, dance with dolphins, and tail-splash seagulls. But the child also sees an ocean filled with plastic trash. And that inspires a promise of help, for the whale and all earth’s creatures.

Robomop

Robomop
Author: Sean Taylor
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2013-02-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101627468

This is Robomop, a hardworking robot who's good at his job, which is cleaning...well, yes, the public restroom. But it's not all mopping, slopping, rubbing, and scrubbing. Robomop also does a wicked honky-tonk dance to the window washer's radio, and he dreams of seeing the sun and sky. So when he's carried outside one day, Robomop believes his wish has come true at last. Has it? Well one thing is for certain: for this little robot, finding his place in the world means never giving up trying.

Old Man of the Sea

Old Man of the Sea
Author: Stella Elia
Publisher: Lantana Publishing
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2020-06-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1913747069

Every Sunday, Grandpa waited for me in his room, and I took my place at the foot of the bed. There were days when Grandpa wanted to talk, and days when we sat in silence. Then one day, Grandpa began telling me stories about his life at sea—tales of love and adventure and danger on the ocean waves. And that’s when I learned who my grandpa really was . . .

Harry and the Robots

Harry and the Robots
Author: Ian Whybrow
Publisher: Puffin
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9780141382135

Harry's robot has to go to the robot hospital to get fixed. So Nan and Harry decide to make their own robot while he's being mended. Then when Nan has to go into hospital (to get mended as well), Harry knows exactly what to do to help her get better!

My Subway Ride

My Subway Ride
Author: Paul DuBois Jacobs
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2004-08-18
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781586853570

Relates the sights and sounds of a subway ride through the boroughs of New York City.