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1) I, robot
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
Establishing and testing the THREE LAWS OF ROBOTICS, they continue to shape the understanding and design of artificial intelligence to this day. What happens when a robot begins to question its creators? What would be the consequences of creating a robot with a sense of humour? Or the ability to lie? How do we truly tell the difference between man and machine? In I, Robot, Asimov sets out the Three Laws of Robotics - designed to protect humans from...
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Series
Wild Robot volume 1
Publisher
Piccadilly Press
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Description
Can a robot survive in the wilderness? A gloriously illustrated story from acclaimed author/illustrator Peter Brown When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is - but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a fierce storm and escaping a vicious bear attack, she realises that her only hope for survival is to adapt to her surroundings...
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Series
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Fiction
Pub. Date
2014
Description
From the creator of CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS, comes an out-of-this-world friendship adventure - now in full colour! This is the story of Ricky Ricotta, a lonely little mouse who befriends a giant robot, takes on the school bullies, and saves the city from an evil rat scientist, Dr Stinky McNasty!.
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Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Fiction
Pub. Date
2014
Description
From the creator of CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS, comes this out-of-this-world friendship adventure - now in full colour. In the third title in the Ricky Ricotta series, Ricky and his best friend, a giant flying Robot, save the world from Victor Von Vulture and his vicious Voodoo Vultures from Venus.
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Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Fiction
Pub. Date
2014
Description
From the creator of CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS, comes an out-of-this-world friendship adventure - now in full colour. In this second book in the brilliant Ricky Ricotta series, Ricky and his best friend, an amazing giant flying robot, save the world from an invasion of massive mutant mosquitoes from Mercury.
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Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Fiction
Pub. Date
2014
Description
From the creator of CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS, comes an out-of-this-world friendship adventure - now in full colour. In this fourth illustrated adventure novel from bestseller Dav Pilkey, a small mouse named Ricky Ricotta and his best friend, a giant flying Robot, save the world from mean Major Monkey.
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Moon Girl volume 2
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
Feeling lonely? Need a friend? Make friends with a robot kid today! Lyla is thrilled - she?s been chosen to help look after one of the new robot kids at her school. Clara 2.2 is perfect. She can do anything: speak a thousand languages, kick a football into space and make anyone feel special. But when Lyla and Clara 2.2?s friendship hits a frightening glitch, can Lyla find a real friend to help her?.
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Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
Meet Barry, the fish with fingers, No-Bot, the robot with no bottom, and many more weird and wonderful characters in The Sue Hendra Collection! You will get lost in the colour and crazy worlds that the bestselling picture book author has created. This audiobook collection includes: Barry the Fish with Fingers, Norman the Slug with the Silly Shell, Keith the Cat with Magic Hat, Supertato, Barry the Fish and Hairy Monsters, I Need a Wee, Doug the Bug,...
10) Cog
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
Their programming will never be the same. Wall-E meets The Wild Robot in this middle grade instant classic about five robots on a mission to rescue their inventor from the corporation that controls them all. Cog looks like a normal twelve-year-old boy. But his name is short for ?cognitive development,? and he was built to learn. But after an accident leaves him damaged, Cog wakes up in an unknown lab-and Gina, the scientist who created and cared for...
11) The secret book
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Series
Flember volume 1
Publisher
David Fickling Books
Pub. Date
2019
Description
A Mysterious Island! A Strange and Mystical Power Called Flember! A Boy-Inventor Called Dev, Who Uncovers a Long-Forgotten Secret? And a Giant Red Robot Bear!! The Sleepy Village of Eden Is About to Descend Into Hilarious Chaos. Can Disastrous Dev Save His Brand-New Best Friend? Written and Illustrated by Jamie Smart.
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Treehouse volume 2
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Andy and Terry have expanded their treehouse! There are now thirteen brand-new storeys, including a dodgem-car rink, a skate ramp, a mud-fighting arena, an antigravity chamber, an ice-cream parlour with seventy-eight flavours run by an ice-cream-serving robot called Edward Scooperhands, and the Maze of Doom - a maze so complicated that nobody who has gone in has ever come out again . . . well, not yet anyway . . . The 26-Storey Treehouse is the second...
13) The last human
Author
Publisher
Piccadilly Press
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
An unlikely friendship. A dangerous voyage. A story about what it means to be human. Humans went extinct thirty years ago. Now the world is ruled by machines. And twelve-year-old robot XR_935 is just fine with that. Without humans around, there is no war, no pollution, no crime. Every member of society has a purpose. Everything runs smoothly and efficiently. Until the day XR discovers something impossible. Until the day XR discovers a twelve-year-old...
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Ned?s Circus of Marvels volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2016
Description
From exciting debut author, Justin Fisher, comes this rip-roaring, page-turning new magical adventure. Perfect for fans of House of Secrets.Ned Waddlesworth has always considered his world to be exceptionally ordinary. Until the day he discovers it ISN?T. AT ALL. Because on Ned?s thirteenth birthday he discovers that everything magical he?s ever read about or imagined is REAL.And without him, the world will soon be engulfed in monstrous beasts and...
15) The small things
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Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
Anna?s anxious when she?s picked to befriend the new girl in her class. For a start, Ellie is ill and can?t come to school herself, so Anna has to communicate with her through a new kind of robot. But Anna is also worried that her life?s too small and boring to be of interest to her new friend. Compared to the other girls, she doesn?t have anything exciting to talk about. So when Ellie asks her a question, a little white lie pops out. Then another...
16) Crowfall
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Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
Cast out from the clockwork island of Ironhold, where mechanical technology controls everything, Orin Crowfall finds himself adrift on a small boat in the middle of the ocean. As Orin and his robot friend Cody struggle to make sense of the events that brought them here, the one thing they know for sure is that Ironhold is in trouble. They need to get back, whatever the cost. Plagued by perilous seas and freak storms, and with a terrifying sea monster...
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Series
Publisher
Zephyr
Pub. Date
2018
Description
A full-colour gift book of ten darkly-comic and hilarious cautionary tales by Astrosaurs author Steve Cole, illustrated by Tim Archbold. In these delightfully humorous tales of a decidedly blackish hue, ten follysome toads can never change their beastly habits despite the efforts of goodly witch Madame Rana who reminds them 'It's never too late to change.' The Toad With Square Eyes develops mutant thumbs and fingers and finds himself on the other...
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Toy Story meets James Bond in the third book in this incredible action-packed series! Can Dan the teddy bear who is too strong, Arabella the rag doll with the bad temper and Flax the tech genuis robot rabbit save the day once more? When the world's most famous chocolate factory disappears, it is up to the Spy Toys to find out the truth - and fast! If the chocolate runs out, there could be riots from children everywhere! The Spy Toys are sent undercover...
19) World champions!
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Series
Max Einstein volume 4
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
Get outdoors. Take action. Never give up. From racing across glaciers in Greenland and flying in a super fancy solar-powered jet to Hawaii, to visiting the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia and hanging out with a robot named Leo, twelve-year-old genius Max and her friends live for adventure. Whenever there's a problem to solve, the kids work better together. So does an evil group of the rich and powerful, who will do whatever it takes...
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Series
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
Winnie the Witch lives in a black house. She has black chairs and black stairs, black floors and black doors. Winnie?s cat Wilbur is black, too. And that is how the trouble begins! This ultimate collection by the creators of Winnie and Wilbur, Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul, features the following picture-book stories: Winnie and Wilbur: Winnie the Witch Winnie and Wilbur: The Naughty Knight Winnie and Wilbur Meet Santa Winnie and Wilbur: Happy Birthday,...
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