BOOT small robot, BIG adventure: Book 1 Paperback – 16 May 2019

I am 7 and really enjoyed reading this book.I read it and will ask for another one about Boot 😊😊😊😊👍👍👍

This is a beautifully crafted story that starts and ends with a robot with two and a half memories; in between we learn, no, we feel how challenging it is to discover who you are, even when it is hidden in plain sight; how overwhelming it can be to keep learning; and powerful and humbling importance of true friends. This is a great example of a great book - the fact that it is targeted at children is almost an afterthought!

The ending of the story was so nice. Lovely story, my 7 year old loved it. Looking forward to the next book!

Needed extra copies for my class. Always enjoyed by 7 and 8 year olds.

I bought this book to read to my 5 years old who loves anything to do with robots. We only have just started this book and so far he's really enjoying the story and the pictures.I have also read other books from the same author and really like his style.

It was a really cool story, it was awesome. I liked how Boot kept going on his adventure no matter what and I thought it was really funny when he said “ Pineapples!”My sister and I really loved your story.

Good price

Opening immediately reminiscent of THAT scene in Toy Story 3, you know the one where all the adults start to lose it and sob uncontrollably, Boot starts as it means to go on, action with heart and questioning the value we place on things and the capricious affections of humanity.Boot doesn’t just have flavours of the Toy Story franchise but also touches on Pinocchio, WALL-E and other sci-fi questions about robots such as I Robot, AI and the recent Humans by looking at the concept of consciousness, this time not in everyday toys or marionettes but in small robots.Boot finds himself lost without his owner and only a broken butterfly chain and 2.5 memories to find her.There are constant hints and questions about the consumerism and throwaway culture we inhabit that will toss out of date gadgets as easily and unthinkingly as chewing gum, alongside scathing commentary on how self obsessed we are and blinded to things around us. Boot has become a ‘real’ consciousness with feelings and questions but is not valued because he resembles a toy the not shiny latest high tech which may resonate with young children who may feel the same that their thoughts and worries are dismissed as unimportant.Boot is aimed at the developing 7-9 market who want slightly more story from their books but not the rigour that Middle Grade Fiction can demand and of course the jump to no pictures. Over the last decade there has been a shift towards well written but highly illustrated stories for this age bracket often intersecting and becoming part of the written narrative. This fits in both language with simple but not babyish vocabulary and in style. Despite the deeper themes of consumerism and what it means to be human it isn’t all darkness and seriousness there is plenty of humour, sometimes that crude humour that children love about bodily functions and such and there is also a lot of warmth and friendship making this a fabulous book about finding your own feet and who means something to you and why.Overall this is a fabulous book by Shane Hegarty and I wish I had more to say about the sample illustrations by Ben Mantle other than that they are sweet and joyful and I look forward to seeing how they work together in the final published product.