Robot Zot!

By Jon Scieszka

Book Overview

From the minds of Scieszka and Shannon comes a tale of a quixotic robot determined to conquer the earth. The only problem is that the earth he lands on is a suburban kitchen and he is three inches tall. Robot Zot, the fearless and unstoppable warrior, leaves a trail of destruction as he encounters blenders, toasters, and televisions. But when he discovers the princess...a pink cell phone...his mission takes a new course. Robot Zot must learn how to be a hero - in the name of true love.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416963944
• ISBN13: 9781416963943
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.3" x 12.4"
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

No one stop Robot Zot !!

This book was fantastic!! Great fun to read with exciting and funny illustrations. The kiddo, age 6 "really loves it" and has some things to say: "It's a super funny book, because he's crazy and he's teeny!" "the robot voice is soooooo silly!" "I want to read it everyday and night when I go to bed!" All in all we loved this book, and recommend it to all little boys (and their robot voiced moms). As you can tell we will be adding it to the regular rotation. Buy it and do the robot dance!!! "Wham Bot! Always Robot Zot!"

clever and fun

it's a book my children enjoy having read to them since they are 4 and 2. They like the pictures, they like the concept, they like the funny voices. It's definitely fun for me too.

cute book but for preschoolers only

This is a very cute book (great graphics) but the story is lacking and it didn't hold the attention of my 5 yr old (Kindergartener). I recommend for preschool age children no more than 4.

Hands down a winner for the K-1 crowd!

If it were up to me I'd give it 4 stars but it's about kid appeal. And boy, oh boy does it appeal to my 6 year old BOY! It cracks him up that Robot Zot destroys the toaster oven, the vacuum cleaner, etc... By the 3rd reading in a row I had my robot voice down pat! A great adventure for Carson and I to share.

All: Conquered

Fred and Ginger. Abbott and Costello. Cheech and Chong. Famous pairings have flourished throughout history, and it's a proud person who can put their finger down and say, "I was there when it started. I remember the beginning." So as you sit in your comfy little chairs surfing the web, take a moment in breathe deeply and commit to memory this moment in history. When Jon Scieszka and David Shannon made a picture book together at last. Oh, I know they've worked together before. But the Trucktown series, while sure to ably subdue any truck obsessed ankle biter you encounter, is the work not just of Scieszka and Shannon but a host of other talented fellas as well. So I've always kind of suspected that if you separated Shannon and Scieszka from the pack and isolated them for a specific amount of time they might, just might, be able to come up with something really cool. Enter Robot Zot. He's brave. He's determined. He fits snugly in the palm of your hand and he's about mark the first instance of a Shannon/Scieszka solo pairing. Can you feel the love? The heart of a lion. The eloquence of a Tarzan. The body of a mildly rusted cell phone. "Robot Zot - Wham Bot! Robot Zot - Bam Bot!" Robot Zot has come to earth and he is intent upon invading. "No one stop Robot Zot. Robot Zot crush lot." That's how he talks. After crash landing in a backyard, by the time Zot's standing in the kitchen with his phaser in hand it's pretty clear that he's not much bigger than a dustpan. And around every corner lurk enemies. Dispatching the appliances and television one by one ("He is glorious. He stands victorious.") Zot meets a small cell phone toy that, by his reckoning, is clearly The Queen of All Earth. It's love at first sight. A daring rescue ensues, but before he is able to leave Zot will have to face his toughest enemy of all. Zot works because he's very much that small boy play acting heroism while causing mild to extensive damage around a home. Zot has no peripheral vision. What he wants he goes for, and he gets to be the hero of his own story too. I like that Scieszka makes it pretty clear that whenever you hear extensive praise of Zot ("Robot Zot - Hot Bot!") it's in quotations. Meaning he's saying it about himself. Meaning he's narrating the epic saga of his own life. Zot's every little kid who has ever imagined that the kitchen, living room, bedroom, and backyard contained whole unseen worlds where threats and dangers lurked around every corner. Who will save us all? The littlest guy, that's who! Illustrator David Shannon is best known at this point in time for his David series. In those books he let his thick paints and loose style conjure up the sheer chaotic madness that hides within each determined little boy. Robot Zot also has this free, loose, wild energy but it goes a slightly different route. Since we are dealing with a determined little robot, Shannon takes advantage of that great metal equalizer: rust. It's everywhere. On the cover you can see the