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Dinosaur Bob
A Day with Wilbur Robinson
While spending the day in the Robinson household, Wilbur’s best friend Lewis helps search for Grandfather Robinson’s missing false teeth in this classic picture book from William Joyce that inspired the Disney animated sci-fi comedy, Meet the Robinsons!
No need to knock, just step right in. You’re just in time to two-step with Grandfather Robinson and his dancing frog band. Cousin Laszlo is demonstrating his new antigravity device. And Uncle Art’s flying saucer is parked out back. It seems like all the Robinson relatives are here, so be prepared. And keep your head down…Uncle Gaston is testing out the family cannon. Oh, and watch where you sit, Grandpa’s lost his teeth again. Welcome to the Robinson’s.
No need to knock, just step right in. You’re just in time to two-step with Grandfather Robinson and his dancing frog band. Cousin Laszlo is demonstrating his new antigravity device. And Uncle Art’s flying saucer is parked out back. It seems like all the Robinson relatives are here, so be prepared. And keep your head down…Uncle Gaston is testing out the family cannon. Oh, and watch where you sit, Grandpa’s lost his teeth again. Welcome to the Robinson’s.
40 pages, Library Binding
First published January 1, 1988
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William Joyce
167 books1,507 followersWilliam Joyce does a lot of stuff—films, apps, Olympic curling—but children’s books are his true bailiwick (The Numberlys, The Man in the Moon, Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King, Toothiana, and the #1 New York Times bestselling The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, which is also an Academy Award–winning short film, to name a few). He lives with his family in Shreveport, Louisiana.
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March 12, 2020
The movie ‘Meet the Robinsons’ was based on this book, which I thought was the case. I do like that movie, but I don’t think it’s one of Disney’s best. The movie has a plot while the book really doesn’t. There is no antagonist. The only plot device is they are looking for grandpa Robinson’s false teeth and so we see all these wacky areas of the house.
I do love the imagination in this book and the feeling of future-any-things-possible vibes all over. Williams imagination abounds in the story and most of it ended up in the movie. They picked up the art style for the movie as well. I would love to see more movie adaptations of really good picture books out there.
My favorite part is they all sleep in the giant tree in the back yard. I love that. It’s a beginner book for all ages. The Robinsons live in a place where anything is possible. The future is bright.
The nephew loved the robots and monsters all around. The kids love that Disney movie too. That and Chicken Little believe it or not. He was excited to find all the wacky things around and all the aunts and uncles that are so wacky. He asked me why I couldn’t be more fun like this and shoot myself out of a cannon or train frogs to sing. I told him he has such a boring aunt. He agreed, but he liked the story and gave this 5 stars.
I do love the imagination in this book and the feeling of future-any-things-possible vibes all over. Williams imagination abounds in the story and most of it ended up in the movie. They picked up the art style for the movie as well. I would love to see more movie adaptations of really good picture books out there.
My favorite part is they all sleep in the giant tree in the back yard. I love that. It’s a beginner book for all ages. The Robinsons live in a place where anything is possible. The future is bright.
The nephew loved the robots and monsters all around. The kids love that Disney movie too. That and Chicken Little believe it or not. He was excited to find all the wacky things around and all the aunts and uncles that are so wacky. He asked me why I couldn’t be more fun like this and shoot myself out of a cannon or train frogs to sing. I told him he has such a boring aunt. He agreed, but he liked the story and gave this 5 stars.
July 19, 2011
A Day with Wilbur Robinson (1990) is a children’s picture book written and illustrated by William Joyce. I reviewed his earlier book Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo yesterday so this is my second book by him. I am still impressed.
However, I think what really impressed me was its movie adaptation, Meet the Robinsons (2007) that Jzhun also lent me together with the book. Had I seen only the book, I would have rated this with 2 stars (It’s okay) because the plot was so thin there was almost nothing to talk about. Let’s say, a friend asks you what the book is all about, there’s only this: 13-y/o Wilbur invites his friend, 12-y/o Lewis to his house to look for the false teeth of his grandfather. In the course of their search, the Lewis meets Wilbur’s eccentric family members. Then in the end, they find a frog wearing Wilbur’s grandfather’s false teeth inside the mouth of smiling frog! Dear me, the frog is not even the big variety of frog, e.g., Neobatrachia, so that I could imagine it to be feasible. Do frogs have gums so they can wear false teeth? Ha ha
Overall, although I liked Dinosaur Bob more because of its simplicity, A Day with Wilbur Robinson has more funky and eccentric but interesting characters. It’s just that there so many of them that almost each just did not do anything but introduce themselves. It’s like seeing stars on television and the host is given only a very short timeslot so he has no enough time to even ask each one a question.
Thank you for lending this book and the DVD copy to me, Jzhun. Next time, tell the grandfather to put Polident paste on his dentures so it will not slip ha ha!
However, I think what really impressed me was its movie adaptation, Meet the Robinsons (2007) that Jzhun also lent me together with the book. Had I seen only the book, I would have rated this with 2 stars (It’s okay) because the plot was so thin there was almost nothing to talk about. Let’s say, a friend asks you what the book is all about, there’s only this: 13-y/o Wilbur invites his friend, 12-y/o Lewis to his house to look for the false teeth of his grandfather. In the course of their search, the Lewis meets Wilbur’s eccentric family members. Then in the end, they find a frog wearing Wilbur’s grandfather’s false teeth inside the mouth of smiling frog! Dear me, the frog is not even the big variety of frog, e.g., Neobatrachia, so that I could imagine it to be feasible. Do frogs have gums so they can wear false teeth? Ha ha
In the above picture, Lewis and Wilbur are the two boys in the center. You can also see the grandfather without his false teeth. Too bad that the frog is facing the family so you cannot see his face and the grandfather's false teeth!The film adaptation though is very entertaining and my daughter says that it is one of his favorite movies. When she saw the DVD copy that I borrowed, she said that we also have the same copy and I was even the one who bought and she’s seen it several times already. I know why, I said. It must be because of that scene when Lewis is about to meet his real mother who left him when he was still a baby, at the doorstep of an orphanage. No, she said. I like it because of his passion to invent new stuffs including the time machine. No wonder, my daughter is a robotics enthusiast and I have no doubt that this movie was one of those (the other being Jimmy Neutron, Robots, The Terminator series and the Transformer series, etc) that influenced her to like machines and robots.
Overall, although I liked Dinosaur Bob more because of its simplicity, A Day with Wilbur Robinson has more funky and eccentric but interesting characters. It’s just that there so many of them that almost each just did not do anything but introduce themselves. It’s like seeing stars on television and the host is given only a very short timeslot so he has no enough time to even ask each one a question.
Thank you for lending this book and the DVD copy to me, Jzhun. Next time, tell the grandfather to put Polident paste on his dentures so it will not slip ha ha!
January 1, 2018
3 star read I'm bumping up to 4 because I love the movie it inspired. Very creative and imaginative. A delightful children's book but not a particularly amazing one.
January 7, 2018
This book was a lot of fun and my son loved it!
August 20, 2020
I recently watched Meet the Robinsons for the first time, and I absolutely loved it. I viewed it as a watch party with friends, and during the credits, one of them commented in shock that the movie was based on a book, saying that even though she had watched this movie innumerable times, she had never caught that detail before. I looked up the title in my library's catalog, and was pleased to see that we still have two copies.
I really enjoyed reading this picture book. It's an odd, surreal story with minimal plot, but the art is captivating, and I had a lot of fun recognizing different characters and elements from the movie. I can't speak to what my experience with this book would be like without the movie in mind, but I really enjoyed the unique, vibrant art style and the strange, unusual elements that were merely introduced here, but that Disney did so much more with.
I really enjoyed reading this picture book. It's an odd, surreal story with minimal plot, but the art is captivating, and I had a lot of fun recognizing different characters and elements from the movie. I can't speak to what my experience with this book would be like without the movie in mind, but I really enjoyed the unique, vibrant art style and the strange, unusual elements that were merely introduced here, but that Disney did so much more with.
July 11, 2011
A Day Like No Other
(A Review of William Joyce’s A Day with Wilbur Robinson)
Few children picture books have that rare quality to equally charm and enchant youngsters as well as adult readers. William Joyce undoubtedly has it; this coming from someone who came around his second Joyce picture book and never seems to tire to read it repeatedly, for A Day with Wilbur Robinson is his best work I’ve encountered yet.
As the title makes plain, this simple plot, “a thickly disguised account of William Joyce’s childhood,” tells of the unnamed narrator’s (possibly Joyce himself) experiences on a day spent in the house of his best friend Wilbur helping him find Grandfather Robinson’s lost dentures and chatting with their oddball of a family. There’s their unusual butler, Aunt Billie playing with her train set, cousin Pete walking the cats (actually full grown tigers) and Uncle Gaston sitting comfortably in the family cannon. We also get to meet Uncle Judlow relaxing using his “brain augmentor” which “helps him think deep thoughts,” cousin Lazslo trying his new antigravity device, and a group of frogs who dance and sing their way into the reader’s heart.
As with Dinosaur Bob and his Adventures with the Family Lazardo , Joyce truly excels in fusing the outrageous with the mundane. His straightforward, almost prosaic storytelling complements and contrasts his wildly colorful, surreal illustrations with a retro-futuristic feel, a stylized variation reminiscent of 1930s comics. Actually each page is a story in itself. I think the best way to approach this book would be to spend a few seconds reading the text and a lot of time exploring the corresponding illustration. One builds on the other, and the story grows and grows with each reading.
Readers of any age will spend much more time than a single day visiting the pages of A Day with Wilbur Robinson, where dinner time is more than just a warm family affair; it is also lively and fun with dinner-serving robots and food-shooting canon. Bedtime is far from the normal sleepover when after an exhausting pillow fight, they all fall asleep atop a tree, listening to Uncle Art telling his outlandish stories while frogs play their violins.
Indeed, A Day with Wilbur Robinson is quite adventure and every visit is anything but dull.
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Book Details: Book #23 for 2011
Published by Scholastic Inc.
(First Scholastic Printing, April 1992)
32 pages
Read on: June 15, 2011
My Rating: ★★★★★
[See this review on my book blog Dark Chest of Wonders and for many others.]
November 13, 2019
The young boy-narrator of this fantastical picture-book adventure details his day at the home of his best friend, Wilbur Robinson. An eccentric family with many astonishing hobbies, not to mention some unusual servants (ranging from an octopus to a robot), the Robinsons and their home provide a day of unusual experiences to the boy. As they hunt for Grandfather Robinson's fake teeth, not to mention Grandfather Robinson himself, the boy and his friend meet various members of the clan, each of whom is engaged in an amazing and somewhat peculiar activity. There's never a dull moment, when spending the day with Wilbur Robinson!
Apparently made into an animated film by Disney - it was titled "Meet the Robinsons" in movie form - A Day With Wilbur Robinson is an entertaining picture-book romp. I enjoyed many of the little details here - the octopus doorman, the fact that Grandfather Robinson is collaborating with Ellington and Armstrong while working with his dancing-frog band - and found the artwork, created in oil and acrylic, just lovely. That said, I did have the feeling, as I read along, that there was too much being thrown together, too many madcap elements - things astonishing! amazing! unusual! - for it all to fit together in one organic whole. There were so many things - the dinosaurs who hang out at the pool, for instance, having come through the Time Door - that would have made more of an impact, if they had been more fully explored. Somehow, this one felt almost like a tour of story ideas, rather than a story in its own right. Maybe that was the intention? A day spent at a location full of magical things, each one only glimpsed briefly? Whatever the case may be, the overall effect for me was somewhat jumbled. Tastes vary, of course, so others might not have the same impression, and the illustrations (as mentioned) are very appealing. Recommended to William Joyce fans, or to those looking for picture-book fantasy fiction.
Apparently made into an animated film by Disney - it was titled "Meet the Robinsons" in movie form - A Day With Wilbur Robinson is an entertaining picture-book romp. I enjoyed many of the little details here - the octopus doorman, the fact that Grandfather Robinson is collaborating with Ellington and Armstrong while working with his dancing-frog band - and found the artwork, created in oil and acrylic, just lovely. That said, I did have the feeling, as I read along, that there was too much being thrown together, too many madcap elements - things astonishing! amazing! unusual! - for it all to fit together in one organic whole. There were so many things - the dinosaurs who hang out at the pool, for instance, having come through the Time Door - that would have made more of an impact, if they had been more fully explored. Somehow, this one felt almost like a tour of story ideas, rather than a story in its own right. Maybe that was the intention? A day spent at a location full of magical things, each one only glimpsed briefly? Whatever the case may be, the overall effect for me was somewhat jumbled. Tastes vary, of course, so others might not have the same impression, and the illustrations (as mentioned) are very appealing. Recommended to William Joyce fans, or to those looking for picture-book fantasy fiction.
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April 18, 2009The inside jacket says "Ages 4 - reasonably ancient," so I didn't have to guess on an age range for this one. Thanks, Harper Collins! This very silly book is a great intro to crazy sci-fi for kids. The narrator goes over to Wilbur's house for a visit, and while Wilbur is bored out of his mind, his wacky family of absurdist scientists is creating novel and ridiculous things and scenarios. This book is for kids who are prompted to giggle incessantly by any sort of non-sensical mayhem. There are a lot of 1940s-looking illustrations and not too much text.
September 6, 2020
Although I almost always like the concepts of Mr. Joyce's books, for some reason I hardly ever like the books themselves. This book was no exception. I wanted to like it — I found the movie charming, clever, heartwarming, and hilarious* — but the book simply fell flat for me. Even if I disregarded the illustrations, which are in a style not to my tastes, I struggled to like the story. The prose felt flat and empty, too simple.
* Full disclosure: I have only watched the movie as an adult, so I have zero nostalgia or childhood memories influencing my opinion of it.
I was also disconcerted by the part that the females of the family play in the story — which is to say, practically none at all.
The mother and sisters were shown sunbathing in the yard, talking on the phone, modeling a prom dress, and reading a story aloud to the family, and "Grandmother Robinson was helping" the grandfather, whereas the father, grandfather, uncles, and male cousins were shown inventing things or using inventions, having or returning from adventures, pursuing scientific studies (however bizarre), and teaching frogs to play in a band. The only named female who had any active or original pursuit was Aunt Billie with her giant model trains. (In group settings on different pages, unnamed or unrecognizable women are shown holding a megaphone, a ukulele, and a gigantic croquet mallet, but I don't think that counts, since a far greater number of random guys are also running around in the background holding random things.)
To be fair, women show up on 11 of the 19 total spreads — but that's if you count the pages where you only see the mother's bare feet and ankles, or half of the grandmother's face, or one woman as a tiny face among seven guys during a pillow fight. The ratio of named men to named women is 17:5, and when the guys outnumber the girls more than three to one and have drastically more interesting occupations, then you have a book with a distinct lack of balance.
I'm an equalist, not a feminist, and I'm not accusing Mr. Joyce of downplaying women or intentionally stereotyping them, but I still found the disparity concerning, especially because I am one of the more STEM-minded females and I know that when I was a child the portrayals here would have frustrated me and would have perpetuated the idea that boys got to have all the fun.
In the Disney-created movie, however, the portrayals are much more balanced and nuanced, and there are female scientists and musicians as well as quirky girls and selfless, compassionate caregivers. On that note, and on every note, the movie surpasses the book tremendously, proving one of those rare exceptions where the film adaption is better than the original.
* Full disclosure: I have only watched the movie as an adult, so I have zero nostalgia or childhood memories influencing my opinion of it.
I was also disconcerted by the part that the females of the family play in the story — which is to say, practically none at all.
The mother and sisters were shown sunbathing in the yard, talking on the phone, modeling a prom dress, and reading a story aloud to the family, and "Grandmother Robinson was helping" the grandfather, whereas the father, grandfather, uncles, and male cousins were shown inventing things or using inventions, having or returning from adventures, pursuing scientific studies (however bizarre), and teaching frogs to play in a band. The only named female who had any active or original pursuit was Aunt Billie with her giant model trains. (In group settings on different pages, unnamed or unrecognizable women are shown holding a megaphone, a ukulele, and a gigantic croquet mallet, but I don't think that counts, since a far greater number of random guys are also running around in the background holding random things.)
To be fair, women show up on 11 of the 19 total spreads — but that's if you count the pages where you only see the mother's bare feet and ankles, or half of the grandmother's face, or one woman as a tiny face among seven guys during a pillow fight. The ratio of named men to named women is 17:5, and when the guys outnumber the girls more than three to one and have drastically more interesting occupations, then you have a book with a distinct lack of balance.
I'm an equalist, not a feminist, and I'm not accusing Mr. Joyce of downplaying women or intentionally stereotyping them, but I still found the disparity concerning, especially because I am one of the more STEM-minded females and I know that when I was a child the portrayals here would have frustrated me and would have perpetuated the idea that boys got to have all the fun.
In the Disney-created movie, however, the portrayals are much more balanced and nuanced, and there are female scientists and musicians as well as quirky girls and selfless, compassionate caregivers. On that note, and on every note, the movie surpasses the book tremendously, proving one of those rare exceptions where the film adaption is better than the original.
July 29, 2020
I loved these eccentric and accepted characters. Not sure how I feel about the inclusion of Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong in one scene, the only characters of color in the story.
January 29, 2009
We love William Joyce books at our house. This one and "Dinosaur Bob" are our favorites. This book is so cool - the narrator kid goes to spend the day at his friend William Robinson's house. The Robinsons are all super cool - Uncle Orbley has an anti-gravity machine, Grandpa conducts a frog swing band, and William's sister wears a prom dress shaped like a skyscraper with a hat that includes King Kong and airplanes.
I wish our lives looked like William Joyce's illustrations. If I had to pick which literary world to inhabit, Joyce's is in my top three. (What? Like you've never wished you were a Gryffindor. Or a Bennett. Or whoever.)
I wish our lives looked like William Joyce's illustrations. If I had to pick which literary world to inhabit, Joyce's is in my top three. (What? Like you've never wished you were a Gryffindor. Or a Bennett. Or whoever.)
July 8, 2014
1997 January 1
2005
I love Joyce's style, and this is such a fun book with a perfectly crazy family.
***
The more I read his books, the more they delight me. A perfect world should have a dancing frog band, and read-alouds, and a tree big enough for people to sleep on mattresses in pairs, and a hat shaped like the Empire State Building with King Kong and an airplane on it.
Library copy.
2005
I love Joyce's style, and this is such a fun book with a perfectly crazy family.
***
The more I read his books, the more they delight me. A perfect world should have a dancing frog band, and read-alouds, and a tree big enough for people to sleep on mattresses in pairs, and a hat shaped like the Empire State Building with King Kong and an airplane on it.
Library copy.
Read
December 19, 2019I have no idea how this got on my list. I already know that I do not like the author's text (can't say story as there isn't really one) or illustrations. I read this anyway, attempting to have an open mind, but it just doesn't work for me.
November 3, 2007
His art work is novel but i'm never impressed with his writing.
May 15, 2018
The book on which the movie Meet the Robinsons is based. Pretty weird. So's the movie.
December 15, 2011
This book was written by... Mad libs?
March 26, 2019
Cute book! A lot resembles the movie, but I was thinking there’d be elements from the movie that were going to be in the book. Other than that, I liked it and the illustrations.
August 1, 2019
Definitely a strange book.
December 24, 2020
Apparently, A Day with Wilbur Robinson was republished with additional pages around the time the Disney adaptation came out. I wasn't exactly enamored with the new pages (they're not as crisp and pure as the originals), but I'll never turn down more of the zany creativity that is this story. It's just pure fun and imagination. All children should own a copy of A Day with Wilbur Robinson
Re-reading some childhood classics for Christmas.
Re-reading some childhood classics for Christmas.
July 15, 2025
Adorable. Ofc the movie expands on this world much more, but I was pleased at the amount was kept in place, down to character designs.
February 11, 2026
Such a fun sweet book, the details in the art is amazing!
August 9, 2025
It’s movie adaptation is slightly different, but the essence of the book was well adapted. I really enjoyed it!
June 23, 2015
I HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS WAS A BOOK BEFORE IT WAS A MOVIE!! I absolutely love the Disney movie, "Meet the Robinsons". I had no idea that it was a book before it was a movie! I thought it was a Disney creation around Disney's famous "Keep Moving Forward" tagline.
This book was so much fun. Disney did a great job pulling most of the experiences that Lewis had at the Robinson house. I loved all the funny things that happened to them. My favorite part was the dinos hanging out at the pool. The illustrations were fun too - they look older than 1993. It almost makes it look like they're from the 70s, but then the story is a futuristic story. It was a lot of fun.
The entire story is basically just the scene from when Lewis is trying to find Grandpa's teeth. I think anyone who loves that movie will really enjoy this short book. I will definitely look to add this book to our library for the nostalgia.
This book was so much fun. Disney did a great job pulling most of the experiences that Lewis had at the Robinson house. I loved all the funny things that happened to them. My favorite part was the dinos hanging out at the pool. The illustrations were fun too - they look older than 1993. It almost makes it look like they're from the 70s, but then the story is a futuristic story. It was a lot of fun.
The entire story is basically just the scene from when Lewis is trying to find Grandpa's teeth. I think anyone who loves that movie will really enjoy this short book. I will definitely look to add this book to our library for the nostalgia.
July 15, 2018
This is pure childhood imagination at its best. This book has everything in it from anti-gravity machines, jazz playing frogs, pillow fights, a larger than life train set, and an uncle who likes to shoot himself and food out of a cannon. The illustrations are by William Joyce and are essential to the story line. In fact, without the illustrations the story really would not make much sense at all. They are painted to enhance and add to the story. They are reminiscent of the 1930s and bring an almost comical vibe to the story. This story would be fun with kindergarten through the middle grades. I could see using this as an entry to a creative writing assignment. Reading the story and then having the students write about their own day with Wilbur Robinson. Creating subsequent adventures, and being limited only by their imaginations. This book is children's fiction at it's best. No moral, no lessons, just pure fun, which sometimes kids need more than anything else.
July 21, 2018
If you've watched and loved the movie, this book may not fit your expectations, so just leave those at the door when reading this.
A Day with Wilbur Robinson is fun for kids because the illustrations hide all sorts of zany details, especially when you near the margins. The compositions are very unusual in that the center is left wide and open, while some very curious events happen almost entirely out of the frame.
This book is also a good example of how in a picture book, the illustrations serve to expand the text, rather than just being very literal about it. One of the cousins is playing with a train set, the text says, whereas the picture shows a full-scale train. Another cousin is "walking the cats", who happen to be tigers.
I can see this book being very fun if you're little and want to spend many repetitive hours wondering at the people in the pictures, but if you're looking to find exactly what you saw and felt in the movie, you won't find it here.
A Day with Wilbur Robinson is fun for kids because the illustrations hide all sorts of zany details, especially when you near the margins. The compositions are very unusual in that the center is left wide and open, while some very curious events happen almost entirely out of the frame.
This book is also a good example of how in a picture book, the illustrations serve to expand the text, rather than just being very literal about it. One of the cousins is playing with a train set, the text says, whereas the picture shows a full-scale train. Another cousin is "walking the cats", who happen to be tigers.
I can see this book being very fun if you're little and want to spend many repetitive hours wondering at the people in the pictures, but if you're looking to find exactly what you saw and felt in the movie, you won't find it here.
August 21, 2017
Joyce, William A Day with Wilbur Robinson, PICTURE BOOK Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2017 (originally published in 1990). $17.99. Content: G.
This picture book was the basis for the “Meet the Robinson’s movie (2007). The illustrations are brilliant and artistic, the story is relatively plotless (looking for grandpa’s teeth) but the large illustrations - reminiscent of the illustrations from the 1920s- 1930’s makes this as visually pleasing for adults as fun for the children. Adventure, daredevils, inventors, and time travel make this a great introduction to Science Fiction.
EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE Lisa Librarian
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This picture book was the basis for the “Meet the Robinson’s movie (2007). The illustrations are brilliant and artistic, the story is relatively plotless (looking for grandpa’s teeth) but the large illustrations - reminiscent of the illustrations from the 1920s- 1930’s makes this as visually pleasing for adults as fun for the children. Adventure, daredevils, inventors, and time travel make this a great introduction to Science Fiction.
EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE Lisa Librarian
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June 13, 2017
The Robinson household is very unique. Wilbur Robinson’s best friend has come for a visit, and they spend the day searching for Grandpa’s teeth among dinosaurs, robots, giant worms, dancing frogs and Wilbur’s extremely eccentric family members.
This picture book was the basis for the “Meet the Robinson’s movie (2007). The illustrations are brilliant and artistic, the story is relatively plotless (looking for grandpa’s teeth) but the large illustrations - reminiscent of the illustrations from the 1920s- 1930’s makes this as visually pleasing for adults as fun for the children. Adventure, daredevils, inventors, and time travel make this a great introduction to Science Fiction.
This picture book was the basis for the “Meet the Robinson’s movie (2007). The illustrations are brilliant and artistic, the story is relatively plotless (looking for grandpa’s teeth) but the large illustrations - reminiscent of the illustrations from the 1920s- 1930’s makes this as visually pleasing for adults as fun for the children. Adventure, daredevils, inventors, and time travel make this a great introduction to Science Fiction.
September 7, 2018
I saw the movie as a kid when it came out years ago. Though this is certainly much different, being the originator for the movie's plot, it still remains similar enough so that those familiar with the movie will be still able to recognize it. And that's what makes it really fun. The differences are both subtle and huge, and both are so incredibly creative and enthusiastic, and it made for the reading experience to be utterly fantastic for me, especially with how much is going on with the illustrations! I think this will still be a kid-pleaser today.
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June 26, 2019
It was a really enjoyable, very fast-paced and really amazing children's fantasy picture book. It had really beautiful illustrations, really fascinating characters, really nice fantasy elements and a really interesting story. I haven't read this book in a really long time. I really recommend this book to both children and adults.
June 25, 2018
I absolutely love the movie Meet the Robinsons, so I was curious to see how the book compared. The book is just as creative and silly as the movie, though the movie definitely has more plot and some very imaginative additions.
The illustrations are beautiful, colorful and cute! The writing is simple, but funny and sweet.
The illustrations are beautiful, colorful and cute! The writing is simple, but funny and sweet.
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