The Wild Robot: Volume 1

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Thank you being open and vulnerable, as I know it is probably hard to put yourself out for the whole world. In gratitude for having been taught how to be a “wild” robot, Roz invites all the animals to a party with a huge bonfire.

I am a 2nd grade teacher and The Wild Robot and The Wild Robot Escapes are by far the best read alouds I have shared with my classes in my 34 years teaching. The words would have made most creatures quite sad, but as you know, robots don’t feel emotions, and in these moments that was probably for the best.I am very excited to use your books and to share your journey of writing to help motivate my students.

I was really intrigued by the image of a robot in a tree, and a question suddenly popped into my mind: What would an intelligent robot do in the wilderness? and I have gone back with some chapters to use them for mentor texts to teach my students writing and grammar skills.

One day, Alvina informed me it was almost time to print the Advanced Reader Copies of The Wild Robot, so I should polish the text and complete the cover art and as much interior art as possible. To answer that question, I invented a robot character named Rozzum (a subtle nod to Čapek’s play), and tried to imagine how she’d handle life in the wilderness. She stomped away from her crate and over the rocks and through the gravesite until she was standing above a broken robot body. peter brown and i loved your wild robot escapes finished it in 3 days and when i was in class i read the book when they were watching a movie i really hope you make a book 3 your best reader grant. Her head turned and turned, all the way around, and it didn’t stop turning until she was looking right at the otters.

Anyway, last night every single one of them asked me when The Wild Robot Escapes is coming out and if I could put it on hold for them. Before Roz knew what was happening, the tree branch snapped under her weight and she went crashing to the forest floor. They galloped back across the robot gravesite, flopped into the ocean, and raced through the waves just as fast as they could.The last RECOS catches up with Roz and they struggle with his rifle, which explodes, blowing off Roz’s limbs. In addition to bite marks and claw marks, the robot was also covered in dirt, which, of course, meant it was time for another cleaning. Thank you for writing a book for middle schoolers that seems to recognize that they are intelligent, capable thinkers. She’d gotten the idea from the stick insect, but Roz quickly realized that camouflaging herself as a twig was out of the question. 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.