The Wild Robot: Volume 1

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So, I wrote my first children’s novel. It wasn’t a graceful process, but I survived the stress and the solitude and the crippling self-doubt, and now my novel has entered the world. It’s called The Wild Robot. If you have a few minutes I’d like to tell you about it. I am 8 years old and I read your book 5 times. I really want you to write a second or third one! Please… Kids & Children» Children, Teenagers & Young Adults (YA) Fiction» Nature & Animal Stories for Children & Teenagers The robot named Roz discovers she is on an island free of humans. She watches and observes the animals until she learns their language. The animals think she is a monster and treat Roz as an outcast. After a while, Roz begins making friends by helping the animals with things they need. I really like the wild robot I’m looking forward to reading the second book. Me and my family have Lyme disease and that book has helped us along the way with my reading.

She is a learning robot who has no idea what her purpose is, apart from to survive. At first, the wild animals are terrified of Roz as she’s a huge and scary looking metal robot. But things begin to change when she adopts a newly hatched gosling (after she falls on his family and crushes them all to death), and learns to become a wonderful mother and friend. The Wild Robot is an upcoming American computer-animated film based on the book of the same name, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. First of all I love? your two books The Wild Robot and The Wild Robot Escapes. Second, I think you are the best author in the world. My children and I have loved the Roz books. They are some of our favorite books! We are requesting that you write a third book, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE. Kids & Children» Children, Teenagers & Young Adults (YA) Fiction» General, Modern & Contemporary Fiction for Children & Teenagers

We are now looking forward to again, entertaining ourselves, (including my daughter, who is homeschooling my grandson), with your other books. I just book the two books for him for Christmas so we could read them again together & we’re enjoying them just as much. The Wild Robot by Peter Brown combines a science fiction story involving a robot of the future with a fantasy in which animals talk. The outcome is a book that is both charming and exciting. There is no question about it; your students will love this book! Summary I have never seen this book before! I know several kids who are OBSESSED with robots and would absolutely love this story as well as creating one out of recycled material. What a cute idea! After we finished the first, he said, “There has to be another book” and one day came bounding in the door with the sequel.

I had mixed feelings when the ARCs arrived. It was exciting to see The Wild Robot in physical form, but I knew the finished book would be very different. Oh well. My publisher sent out the ARCs and responses started rolling in. The Wild Robot received its first official review in November 2015, two months before I finished working on it. Miraculously, it was a starred review. Roz could feel her Survival Instincts—the part of her computer brain that made her want to avoid danger and take care of herself so she could continue functioning properly. Her instincts were urging her to move away from the ocean. She carefully got to her feet and saw that high above the shore, the land was bursting with trees and grasses and flowers. It looked lush and safe up there. It looked like a much better place for our robot. She had just one problem. To get up there, she would have to climb the sea cliffs.

Dave dropped my sketches into place so we could get a sense of how the words and pictures would work together

Roz may not feel emotions, but young readers certainly will as this tender, captivating tale unfolds."-- The Washington Post The weird thing about this story is that, although other ideas have come and gone, it seems to be one that really wants to live. So, I’ll see, I guess. Peter, OMG, my wife , daughter and I read this out loud at night w/ the dog and we LOVE IT !! We’re reading the series for the 2nd time and would LOVE to buy The Wild Robot Tshirt(s) – the illustrations are awesome! How do we buy them?

P.S. When I read the book to the students, of course, I have to read the characters with different “voices.” It makes it more fun for the students, but also for me. Chitchat’s voice is higher pitched & non-stop with hardly a breath taken. Dig Down’s voice is low, along with Mr. Beaver’s. Brightbill’s voice is full of wonder, curiosity, sometimes hesitance, sometimes sadness/troubled, sometimes confidence. Roz’s voice is flat & sounds more computerized, with less natural expression, until she starts to try to sound more friendly. (Students love that).