Sharing Does Not Compute

Standroid & Dandroid

by Michael Slack

Power up with robots Standroid and Dandroid in this playful board book about sharing!

Standroid’s battery is full and Dandroid’s charging is complete. The two robots are fueled-up and ready to play! Standroid grabs a toy car. Dandroid wants to play with it, too. But Dandroid does NOT want to share. Error! Sharing does not compute! Will the two robots figure out how to override the command and play together?

36 pages, Board Book

Published October 2, 2018

About the author

Michael is an author, illustrator, and character designer. He uses bold colors, and fun shapes to create his quirky character-driven art. His illustrations can be found in books, magazines and on television. He has designed artwork for various children's products and apparel. His paintings and drawings have been exhibited in the U.S. and Europe.


Michael is represented by Painted-Words Represents

Reviews

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Robots!!

[Cindy Mitchell *Kiss the Book* · Rating 3 out of 5]

Standroid and Dandroid: Sharing Does Not Compute by Michael Slack. BOARD BOOK. Little Simon (Simon and Schuster), 2018. $8. 9781534405691

BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K - OPTIONAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH

Two robots are going through a toy box and they keep finding the perfect pairings of toys. One finds a wand and one finds a hat and together they have magic, for example. When they find a car and a remote, things gets messy when one of them wants both items. While they are tugging on the item, it opens up and they discover a secret button that activates a dance party.

I am so confused about this book. It seems like the message should clearly be that sharing is good, but the message ends up being that fighting over toys equals fun discoveries. The pictures are great and kids love robots, plus it is a fun book to read aloud because of robot voices. But the message is a problem.

Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher
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