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Walker Childrens (2010), Hardcover, 40 pages
Description
In this variation on the folk song "The Twelve Days of Christmas," Robo-Santa gives gifts that consist of electronic gear, including a cartridge in a gear tree, three wrench hens, and nine droids a-dancing.
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LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
The Twelve Days of Christmas gets a technological face-lift in this revisionist retelling by Nathan Hale, who also illustrated another holiday send-up, The Dinosaurs' Night Before Christmas. Here we have Robo-Santa (rather than the "true love"), who brings the lucky narrator-recipient everything
The wordplay in The Twelve Bots of Christmas is clever - my favorite was the "Three Wrench Hens" - and the computer-generated illustrations full of fun. I imagine that technologically inclined youngsters, who love robots and computers, will get a real kick out of it! I can't honestly say that it was to my taste - yes, I admit, I do prefer a more traditional Christmas carol retelling - but I think that, with the right audience, it will prove quite successful.
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from a "Cartridge in a Gear Tree" to twelve "Beat Bots Thumping." The wordplay in The Twelve Bots of Christmas is clever - my favorite was the "Three Wrench Hens" - and the computer-generated illustrations full of fun. I imagine that technologically inclined youngsters, who love robots and computers, will get a real kick out of it! I can't honestly say that it was to my taste - yes, I admit, I do prefer a more traditional Christmas carol retelling - but I think that, with the right audience, it will prove quite successful.
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LibraryThing member pussreboots
I know Nathan Hale mostly through his work as an illustrator for Shannon Hale's pair of graphic novels, Rapunzel's Revenge and Calamity Jack. After Yellowbelly and Plum Go to School, The Twelve Bots of Christmas is the second Nathan Hale picture book I've read.
The title pretty much sums up the
Our favorite part of the book though is the artwork. The different types of robots are what make this book. They're somewhat retro and somewhat Futurama. It's hard not to compare all these Christmas themed bots to Robot Santa.
The title pretty much sums up the
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plot. It's a robotic parody of "The Twelve Days of Christmas." My musically inclined daughter insisted that we sing the book. As lyrics the book ended up being a tongue twister for me.Our favorite part of the book though is the artwork. The different types of robots are what make this book. They're somewhat retro and somewhat Futurama. It's hard not to compare all these Christmas themed bots to Robot Santa.
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LibraryThing member darkle
it is terrific,good and funny.
Physical description
40 p.; 10.28 x 10.26 inches
ISBN
0802722385 / 9780802722386