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Robotics (Lightning Bolt Books®)

Robots with jobs, robots that fly, and robots that fight each other-robots can do all sorts of things! Explore the different tasks we rely on robots for and learn what they might be capable of in the future.

Rock and Vole

Little Vole plans her time very carefully. Each day starts with the same exercise routine. Each day she eats the same stinky cheese snack. And each day ends the same way, sleeping on the left side of her cozy bed. Day in and day out, this is Vole's routine. But one day Vole wakes up and wants something different. She wants an adventure--a trip! So Vole starts to plan. She draws a map. She picks the ideal halfway spot to eat her snack. And she knows exactly what she will say at the end of her trip. ""This is just as I imagined it."" Vole sets out on her perfectly planned adventure and things are going well. But sometimes perfectly planned adventures don't go perfectly. Unexpectedly, Vole comes to a ginormous, selfish, refuses-to-move rock that is blocking her way to her lovely adventure. How unfair! But is it? Maybe life can be better when some things don't go according to plan. From the author/illustrator of One Red Sock.

Roosevelt Banks, Good-Kid-in-Training

When ten-year-old Roosevelt Banks discovers that his two best friends are planning a bike and camping trip, he wants more than anything to go along. There's just one problem-he doesn't have a bike. Roosevelt's parents agree to buy him a bike if he can manage to be good for two whole weeks. How can Roosevelt be good and be the same fun guy his friends want on the camping trip? Trying to be good leads to more trouble than expected-and to the discovery that being a good friend is more important than any bicycle.

Roosevelt Banks, Good-Kid-in-Training

When ten-year-old Roosevelt Banks discovers that his two best friends are planning a bike and camping trip, he wants more than anything to go along. There's just one problem-he doesn't have a bike. Roosevelt's parents agree to buy him a bike if he can manage to be good for two whole weeks. How can Roosevelt be good and be the same fun guy his friends want on the camping trip? Trying to be good leads to more trouble than expected-and to the discovery that being a good friend is more important than any bicycle.

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Rubio and Julienne: A Sweet and Cheesy Tale

But one day while making deliveries, they collided on a street corner. Rubio's cheeses and Julienne's fruits flew skyward and fell on their heads, creating spontaneous juicy pairings that they couldn't help but taste. The forbidden combinations were out of this world. Nothing could ever be the same. Fortunately for Rubio and Julienne, their forbidden adventures end more happily than Romeo and Juliette's, though not before our heroes overcome a few obstacles and accidents, one of which prompts a mortified Rubio to exclaim, ""What cheese through yonder window breaks?"" A backmatter menu of child friendly delicious fruit-cheese combinations augments the story.

Ruby and Graham

Ruby loves fun and Graham loves organizing. They make sure that Acorn Wood is a beautiful and lively place. But when Graham decides to party all the time like Ruby, things start to go wrong.

Ruby's Repair CafÄ

Ruby loves to fix things, rather than throwing them away. When a shiny new department store opens next door to Ruby's Repair CafÄ, everyone in town soon forgets about fixing things. Ruby becomes sadder and sadder and the dump behind the town grows bigger and bigger. One night, a storm whips wildly through the town, tossing the trash everywhere and even blowing the roof off Mr. Bigg's department store! But will Ruby be able to fix things and make the town a happy place? This book celebrates sustainability, community and making small changes with a big impact.

Rumble and Roar: Sound around the World

Babble / Swoosh / Roar and WHOOSH!The roar of a waterfall, the chirp of insects, the thump of a heartbeat-sound is all around us! Rhyming text and atmospheric illustrations present four children in different parts of the world who encounter all sorts of sounds.

Run, Sea Turtle, Run: A Hatchling's Journey

Can you hear me? Scritch, scratch. I'm a little sea turtle inside an egg." Follow a hatchling's treacherous journey from nest to sea. Longtime science writer Stephen Swinburne creates an engaging first-person narrative from the sea turtle's perspective. Gorgeous photographs by Guillaume Feuillet capture the drama of the hatchlings' race to safety. Back matter includes information on the life cycle of leatherback sea turtles, tips for how readers can assist with sea turtle conservation, and recommended further reading.