Title: Boy and Bot
Author: Ame Dyckman
Illustrator: Dan Yaccarino
Publisher: Alfred
A. Knopf
Copyright: 2012
Number of Pages: 32
Genre: Science
Fiction
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Content Area: Science
Ame Dyckman wrote a sweet book about a new friendship between
a little boy and a robot, which is the book Boy
and Bot. They meet in the forest and decide to play together. The robot
rolls down a hill and his power switch gets bumped and turns him off so he is
unable to respond to the little boy. The boy does not understand this and
thinks he is sick so he helps him. He helps him by doing things that would help
a person feel better, like feeding him applesauce. His parents peep in on him
during the night and accidentally bump the robot’s power switch with the door to
turn him back on. The boy is asleep so he does not respond to the robot which
makes the robot think that something is wrong with him. The robot returns the
favor of helping him by doing things that would fix a robot, like giving him
oil. Eventually the boy wakes up and they are both happy because both of them
are awake or turned on. The illustrations are very cute and suitable for young
kids. The illustrations go together well with the words written on each page. I
would connect this book to science and have each student design their own robot
with materials that I give them. Since they are so young I would help them and
give them some ideas to help them start.
No comments:
Post a Comment