How to Explain Robotics to a Grown-up by Ruth Spiro

How to Explain Robotics to a Grown-up

Hardcover – Picture Book, September 17, 2024

Ruth Spiro

Charlesbridge · Hardcover · September 17, 2024

The best-selling author of the Baby Loves Science series levels up with this playful STEM picture book introducing kids–and grown-ups–to the robotics world.

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Who it’s for
A playful guide to robotics, with kids explaining how robots work to grown-ups.
Themes
Robotics, STEM learning, Children teaching adults
Genres
Robots & Robotics, How Things Work

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About this book

The best-selling author of the Baby Loves Science series levels up with this playful STEM picture book introducing kids–and grown-ups–to the robotics world. Do you want to know a secret? Sometimes grown-ups need YOU to explain things to THEM. Like robotics! In this tongue-in-cheek guide, an in-the-know narrator instructs kid readers in the fine art of explaining robotics to a grown-up.

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Both children and their adults learn: - what makes a robot a robot, - who designs and builds robots, - and how robots work on their own to get a job done. Fun and fact-filled, the How to Explain Science series will empower kid experts to explore complex scientific concepts with any grown-up who will listen.

Robotics Explained

A playful guide to robotics, with kids explaining how robots work to grown-ups.

Come here for

  • What makes a robot a robot
  • Who designs and builds robots

Expect

  • How robots work on their own to get a job done
  • A tongue-in-cheek narrator who puts kids in the expert seat

Where it sits

Robots & Robotics100%
How Things Work42%

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Publisher categories

  • Kids Coding
  • How Things Work
  • Robots & Robotics
Authors
Ruth Spiro
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Published
September 17, 2024
Format
Hardcover
Theme
Robotics · STEM learning · Children teaching adults
Reading lane
Kids Coding