My son is really interested in robots and we have been searching our library for robot books. We found some awesome ones and some that really didn’t keep my son’s interest. We’ve rounded up the best ones (in our opinions) to share with you!
9 Great Robot Books
1. Spacebot by Mike Twohy—
My son LOVES this book! He actually clapped after I read it to him! A mysterious UFO lands in Dog’s backyard. A robot space dog appears and Dog is excited to someone who looks like a dog. However, it is the household appliances that the visitor is here for, and they come to life and start to fly around! When play time is over, the appliances return home. Poor Dog feels left out of the fun! Robot space dog gives Dog a special nose and now it is Dog’s turn for adventure! This poetic, rhyming book is absolutely amazing. The story and the pictures will capture your child’s imagination.
2. Doug Unplugs on the Farm by Dan Yaccarino—
Doug and his robot family are traveling through the countryside to visit Doug’s grandbots. The family plugs into the car to receive knowledge about farms. Doug gets lots of interesting farm facts. However, when the car gets stuck and Doug gets to explore an actual farm he finds that hands-on experiences are way cool! Doug combines his new knowledge with the farm facts that he learned to help free the family car.
3. Go, Otto, Go by David Milgrim—
The adventures of Otto the robot are sure to delight the preschool crowd. Otto is a space robot visiting Earth. Otto misses his family so he builds a robot to take him. Read this funny story to find out if he make the spaceship fly. Otto has several more books, each one sparsely worded with humorous pictures!
4. Robots, Robots Everywhere by Sue Fliess—
In this awesomely illustrated story, we learn how robots are such a huge part of our lives! Robots are in our house, in factories, in the ocean, and even in space — robots are everywhere! Preschoolers will enjoy the rhyming text and might even start thinking of places where they’ve seen robots too.
5. Pete the Cat: Robo-Pete by James Dean —
This book combines preschoolers’ love of Pete the Cat with their love of robots for a story they are sure to enjoy! When Pete’s friends do not want to play the same things he does, Pete builds a robot to play with him. The fun doesn’t last long when Robo-Pete gets out of control! Pete learns that you can’t replace good friends. So even if his friends don’t always want to play the same thing, playing with good friends is fun anyway.
6. Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot by Margaret McNamara—
Loosely based on The Three Little Pigs story, this book is a giggle-inducing space and robot adventure. The little aliens set out to build themselves homes, only to have the big, bad robot knock down the first two homes. Will the aliens be safe in a house made of bricks with solar panels and a telescope? Great tool for learning about the planets and interstellar travel! This book is little on the long side and may not be ideal for wiggly kiddos; parents can skip parts to make it shorter if needed.
7. Love, Z by Jessie Sima–
A young robot discovers a message in a bottle that is signed “Love, Beatrice.” The robot asks the older robots what love is. “Does not compute” they reply as they read the young robot its favorite bedtime story, tuck it in, turn on a nightlight, and give a goodnight kiss. The young robot sets on an adventure to find Beatrice and learn the meaning of love. Along its travels it finds other animals and people who try their best to explain what love means to them, but none of these explanations compute. Finally, the robot meets Beatrice. Beatrice says that love makes her feel safe and cozy and cared for. The young robot realizes that he knows that feeling! Now he has a name for it — love.
8. Red Rover: Curiosity on Mars by Richard Ho—
This is a non-fiction story about the Curiosity Rover on Mars. It is written in story format with lots of facts sprinkled in at an easy to understand level. We discovered this book when my son was 4-years old and he fell in love with this book! It has 2 of his favorite things: space and robots! Originally we checked it out from our library, but we ended up buying this one. The pictures are fantastic and my son learned so much about Mars and the Rovers! This lead us to explore Nasa Kids Club, which has tons of kid-friendly space information, games, STEM activities, and things to make at home.
9. Boy + Bot by Ame Dyckman —
You are going to love this sweet story about a boy and robot. After the two meet and spend a day playing, Bot powers down. The boy thinks Bot is sick and tries all of the usual home remedies to help his friend feel better. Unfortunately nothing works. The boy eventually falls asleep next to Bot. When Bot powers back on, it thinks the boy is sick! Bot tries all of the usual robot remedies, but none of them help the boy. The wakes up and both are well and ready to resume playing!
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Take a look at this cute little Robot rhyme:
