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A baking nightmare makes for slapstick comedy gold in this hilarious Little Gem from a bestselling author and illustrator team. Albert's dad needs help in the family bakery, but all his son can think about is sport. So he builds a machine like no other: the Doughmaster 5000. It seems to have solved all their problems, until one night, Dad's miracle solution turns into a rampaging disaster. It's up to Albert to fix the mess – but will his sporting...
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Sprockets and his brother race across space to solve a martian mystery Life for Sprockets, the little robot with the giant brain, has been very exciting since he came off the assembly line. Backed up by Dr. Bailey and his son Jim, Sprockets has zipped across the stars, having fun all the way. Now it's time for his greatest adventure yet, and he has someone new to help him out: his little brother, Rivets, who's pretty handy in a pinch-even if he does...
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H-ector the robot lives on a spaceship with other robots and people. Every one on the spaceship seems to have an important job. Except for H-ector the round rolling robot. And he messes up all the jobs he tries! Join H-ector as he looks for his purpose in the stars. This science fiction picture book is great for elementary school kids learning about their strengths.
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This is an almost real story about how an ordinary family found themselves in a whirlwind of incredible events, and went on a dangerous space adventure to save our Galaxy. Risking their lives and showing amazing ingenuity and courage they, visiting alien planets, collect the necessary artifacts. They have no choice: either save themselves and the whole galaxy, or all will perish.They visit inhabited planets inhabited by strange, cute, evil, smart,...
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For Harry's latest invention, he's building a super robot. He even programs the robot to do some of his household chores! But when Harry brings his robot to school, things don't go exactly as planned. The robot seems to have a mind of his own! Can Harry regain control of his invention before it causes chaos all over Parker Elementary? This early chapter book from the Superhero Harry series includes a glossary, discussion questions, writing prompts,...
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A STEM singalong that young makers will love, now in Spanish! Join a diverse group of budding minds and their friend Robot as they work together to build a treehouse! Designed to ignite interest in STEM - the integration of science, technology, engineering and math - this fact-packed singalong introduces kids to simple machines, social-emotional concepts like empathy and teamwork, and the basics of robotics and programming with 6 pages of educational...
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A Not-too Smart Boy Who Dares to Dream Big. Part-inventor, part-dentist, robot builder, and scientist, nine-year-old MATTY BRATTY just might be a misunderstood genius. Matty Bratty Robots is the hilarious, clever tale of a boy who flunked third grade but is confident enough to think that he can be a scientist. After all, Albert Einstein is his pen pal, although Albert never writes back to Matty. When Matty builds some robots in his bedroom closet...
9) Robot Ruckus
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The Star Belchers crew has a problem. Judy needs a new stabilization core. Without one, the Star Belchers will be grounded permanently. Tensions and stakes are high when they set out to find the replacement part, and the crew learns that choices sometimes come with consequences.
10) Robot Rescue
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In the fourth book in the CatStronauts graphic novel series, the stalwart Cat-Stro-Bot is stranded, and the CatStronauts have to stage an off-the-books robot rescue!
Cat-Stro-Bot has been with the CatStronauts through it all. But now he's stranded on Jupiter's coldest moon after a mission gone wrong--and his best friend/creator Blanket isn't about to leave him behind. When CATSUP refuses Blanket's rescue mission request, he creates robo-stand-ins...
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"A joy to read!" -New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix
Child genius and budding inventor Frances is in trouble. Her dreams of scientific glory were dashed when her first big experiment nearly destroyed her whole town. So when a prestigious society invites her to their symposium, Frances sees it as a chance to redeem herself.
On the way there, her train is hijacked, and she and her friend Luca flee into the Black Forest. Seeking...
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