Can You Find My Robot's Arm?

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This book is a tad depressing and weird. I thought my son would love it, and he does, but the ending isn't very happy.

A robot loses his arm and the little mini robot that takes care of him gets the readers help to find it.I am very blessed to be in the position of being able to relate what the target audience may think about the book. My nephew and I started reading story books together earlier this year. At first only 2 or 3 a week and now we read one almost 5 days a week and he does a drawing of his own from one of the artists drawings. This creates an environment where we talk about what he enjoyed in the book and which pictures struck a chord with him.The words were simple and repetitive. The story is at its most basic. My nephew liked that there weren't any words he didn't know once we read the first couple pages. Sometimes he gets frustrated when there are too many words he doesn't know. If a younger child read this book it reinforces the words being used very well and as you travel to different locations you can teach other words not in the book, like amusement park. This is definitely a book about the illustrations. Still at the end of the book my nephew loved that we got to learn where the arm really was!! He just thought that was so funny and delightful (view spoiler)!The technique to make the illustrations was quite wonderful as we take this paper-cut journey through home, garden, library, amusement park, aquarium, workshops and the big city. Not one of these places was of lesser quality than the others. We read the book digitally but I felt like I would love this to be a large board book of the variety for very young readers. I feel like regular paper pages would easily get torn from the child pouring over the illustrations so much. A board book suits the blocks of color that frame the words too.My nephew can speed through a book quite swiftly if he's rather uninterested in the drawings but this one we talked about quite a few of the locations and what the stark black and white lines were representative of in the real world! He chose the amusement park to draw as it had many of the elements he loves like the flying air ships and the games out front.My only concern is that the surprise of where the arm is can only happen once. That makes re-reading all about the drawings, so you have to pick this book up at the right age for the child to maximize their time with it (as they will eventually grow out of it.)

'Can You Find My Robot's Arm?' by Chihiro Takeuchi tells the story of a robot looking for a replacement arm in lots of strange places.One morning, robot wakes up missing an arm. Initially replacements around the house are suggested: a fork, a pencil, scissors. None of these things is a good replacement, so robot goes looking in some unusual places. The arm can't be found in a tree or an amusement park or inside a whalebone. What will robot do?The story is pretty simple, but the illustrations are the real standout here. They are all silhouettes and have lots of details. The art is so much fun to look at.I received a review copy of this ebook from Tundra Books, Penguin Random House Canada, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.

Cute and charming. Loved the papercut illustrations!

This book is all about the pictures. Each one is hand cut and shown in black and yellow. A little boy's robot has lost his arm, and they search everywhere for it, trying out different things as a potential replacement - a leaf, a fork, a lollipop, etc.The prose is simple. It would be good for a beginning reader or young children - ages 2-4. Even younger children may enjoy gazing at the intricate images.There is no resolution at the end. The arm is not found. A fork will have to do.It's a cute read.Blog: Mom's Radius

Some books can have lacklustre endings, but not this one. It ends with a creative solution and a bit of humor. It is also a treat for the eyes since it is so beautifully made from paper cutouts.

My daughter asked "why isn't there any color?" and I told it is so she can focus on looking at all the details instead. She started to enjoy the book after the second read.