Runaway Robot

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Synopsis

A gorgeous new cover by Steven Lenton. for this funny, heartwarming adventure about an unlikely friendship between a boy and a robot from award-winner Frank Cottrell-Boyce,

‘A funny, charming life-affirming book’ Richard Osman

What if your best friend was a robot?

When Alfie goes to Airport Lost Property, he finds a giant robot called Eric hidden away on the shelves. Eric has lost one leg and half his memory, He's super strong – but super clumsy. He's convinced that he's the latest technology, when he's actually nearly a hundred years old and ready for the scrap heap.

Can Alfie find a way to save Eric from destruction – before Eric destroys everything around him?

Author

Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Children's Laureate 2024–2026, is a multi award-winning children’s book author and screenwriter. Millions, his debut children's novel, won the prestigious CILIP Carnegie Medal. Frank is also a highly successful screenwriter. He has written for the hit TV series Dr Who and his script for Michael Morpurgo’s Kensuke’s Kingdom won a British Animation Award. Along with Danny Boyle, he devised the Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics. Frank has been the judge for the 500 Words competition and the BBC's One Show As You Write It competition. Frank is a lifelong champion of children’s books.

Illustrator

Steven Lenton is a multi-award-winning illustrator, originally from Cheshire, now working from his studios in Brighton and London with his dog, Big Eared Bob. He has illustrated many children's books including Head Kid and The Taylor Turbochaser by David Baddiel, The Hundred And One Dalmatians adapted by Peter Bently, the Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam series by Tracey Corderoy and the Sainsbury's Prize-winning The Nothing To See Here Hotel series written by Steven Butler. He has illustrated two World Book Day titles and regularly appears at literary festivals and live events across the UK. Steven has his own Draw-along YouTube channel, showing how to draw a range of his characters. He has also written his own picture book Princess Daisy and the Dragon and the Nincompoop Knights' and his young fiction series Genie and Teeny.

Product Details

ISBN: 9781035047192