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The LEGO BOOST Activity Book: A Beginner's Guide to Robotics
by Daniele Benedettelli

Teaches how to build and program robots using the LEGO BOOST set. Includes building instructions for increasingly complex original robots and explanations of how to program them, and open-ended challenges to help readers customize their builds.
The Wild Robot
by Peter Brown

Initializing for the first time on a remote island where she is all alone, Roz the robot learns survival strategies from the island's hostile animals and finally gains acceptance when she cares for an orphaned gosling. By the Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator of Creepy Carrots! 
Maya and the Robot
by Eve L. Ewing

In desperate need of a friend—and a science project—Maya finds a robot named Ralph in Mr. Mac's convenience store, and once she gets him up and running, a new world of connection opens up. 
How to Code a Rollercoaster
by Josh Funk

Pearl and her trusty rust-proof robot, Pascal, share a fun-filled day at an amusement park, where they use code to track their ride tokens and calculate when the line will be shortest to get a spot on the Python Coaster. 
House of Robots: Robot Revolution
by James Patterson

When his underappreciated mechanical helpers cause chaos by going on strike while his mother is distracted by a top-secret project, Sammy and his disabled sister, Maddie, struggle to keep the peace until the truth about the project can be revealed.
Robot Zombie Frankenstein!
by Annette Simon

In a madcap cumulative tale, two robots made of various colorful shapes play a game of one-upmanship, but when the race takes a tasty turn, the robots are happy to just be plain old robots once again.
Robots
by Melissa Stewart

Written in a comprehensive style, a skill-building reader for young enthusiasts profiles robot history and innovation while describing the potential of robots currently being developed.
National Geographic Kids. Everything Robotics: All the Robotic Photos, Facts, and Fun!
by Jennifer Swanson

Introduces readers to robots and robotics, from how they were developed and the materials used to create them to the jobs they are tasked with and where the field of robotics is heading.
Doug Unplugged
by Dan Yaccarino

Each day being plugged in to receive information downloads by parents who want him to be smart, Doug the little robot decides to unplug himself in order to venture outside to discover more about his home city and learns amazing things by doing, seeing, touching, listening and, above all, by interacting with a new friend. 
                  
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