Stop That Robot!: Lilac/Band 0

by Alison Sage, Gary Dunn (Illustrator)

Every child’s dream; a robot that tidies your room! But in this wordless picture book, the advantage-taking boy discovers his wised-up robot messing everything up again! Hiding the mess, the boy goes out to play… before all is revealed and Mum turns to the robot herself. •Lilac/Band 0 - wordless book that tells a story through pictures and is designed to develop understanding about how stories work. • Text type - Fantasy • A picture summary on pages 14 and 15 provides an opportunity for children to recap and retell the story in their own words. • This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

16 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2007

About the author

Alison Sage has been a children's editor and writer for over twenty years. She read English at King's College, London, and began her career in children's publishing with Ernest Benn. It was access to their archives, representing seventy years of publishing, that spurred a lifelong passion for children's literature.

Reviews

[Nicola · Rating 2 out of 5]

Book without words. Children can make up their own story about how the little boy uses a robot to clean his room and ends up making more of a mess than before.

Miss 4 and I like to explore different books and authors at the library, sometimes around particular topics or themes. We try to get different ones out every week or so; it's fun for both of us to have the variety and to look at a mix of new & favourite authors.