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Starred Review Robo-Motion

Robots That Move Like Animals

  • Interest Level: Preschool - Grade 3
  • Reading Level: Grade 2

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a . . . robo-hummingbird? Meet robots engineered using biomimicry so that they move like animals. These robots are changing the way we live today and shaping the way we’ll live in the future. On spreads pairing photos of robots with the animals they mimic, you’ll discover robots that race through water like fish, run like cheetahs, jump like a kangaroo, swarm through the sky like honeybees, and more!

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Interest Level Preschool - Grade 3
Reading Level Grade 2
Genre Science
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Expository Literature, STEM, STEM: Technology
Copyright 2022
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Millbrook Press ™
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2021-09-07
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF061020, JNF051150, JNF051050
Dewey 629.8/932
Dimensions 9.75 x 9.75
Lexile 930
Guided Reading Level R
Features Awards, Bibliography/further reading, Reviewed, Starred Reviews, Teaching Guides, and eSource

Awards

  • Notable Award AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books, Long-listed, 2023
  • Dogwood Book List for Nonfiction, Nominated, 2022
  • Connecticut Book Awards Finalist, Short-listed, 2022

Reviews

School Library Journal

Reviewed on 3 December 2021

“The imaginations of young readers are sure to be engaged by this title, and will have them viewing flora and fauna through the lens of biomimicry.”—School Library Journal

Starred Review Kirkus Reviews

Reviewed on 15 August 2021

“Delightful, motivating, and thought-provoking—a winner for any bookshelf.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews