Robotinator

by Michael Teitelbaum, Walt Disney Company

Kids can be as inventive as the popular Disney cartoon characters, Phineas and Ferb, when they read this storybook and use the wind-up robot toy and punch out pieces to make all kinds of cool robot toys.


In their popular Disney XD animated series, Phineas and Ferb, are always busy building and inventing all kinds of wild and crazy mechanical marvels! In this fun-filled book, kids can not only follow the imaginative exploits of these two boy inventors, but also share the fun of building a variety of wind-up robots just as Phineas and Ferb might do. Each book includes a wind-up robot toy base and three sheets of punch-out pieces of different heads, arms, and bodies. Kids can mix and match them to make all kinds of funny, personalized “Brobots”, as Phineas and Ferb like to call 'em.

48 pages, Hardcover

First published September 13, 2011

About the author

Michael Teitelbaum has been a writer and editor of children’s books for more than thirty years. He worked on staff as an editor at Golden Books, Grossett & Dunlop, and Macmillan. In addition to The Scary States of America, Michael’s fiction work includes The Very Hungry Zombie: A Parody, and The Very Thirsty Vampire: A Parody both done with artist extraordinaire Jon Apple, published by Skyhorse. His non-fiction work includes writing Jackie Robinson: Champion for Equality, published by Sterling, and The Baseball Hall of Fame, a 2-volume encyclopedia, published by Grolier. He is also the series editor of Great Escapes, true-life acts of incredible courage, published by Harper Collins.
Michael has always had an interest in the paranormal, despite a rather normal childhood in Brooklyn, NY. These days, Michael lives with his wife, Sheleigah, and two talkative cats in an (as yet unhaunted) 180-year-old farmhouse in the beautiful Catskill Mountains of upstate New York.