How to Make a Friend
Published on 27. July 2021
32 pages
978-0-358-53185-2 (ISBN)
Description
A girl's efforts to build a robot friend go comically awry when the robot attempts world domination in this witty metaphor for the ups and downs of making friends.
Ever wish friendship came with an instruction manual? A resourceful youngster follows step-by-step directions for constructing a robot to be her friend. The instructions make it sound so simple! But they also caution that sometimes a friendship doesn't turn out as hoped for, as the girl discovers when her new friend unexpectedly unleashes an evil robot army on the city. Now she has to stop the robot and seriously reevaluate their friendship! In the end, the resilient heroine of this comical and clever humorous picture book not only saves the city, she finds a real and lasting friend where least expected.
Ever wish friendship came with an instruction manual? A resourceful youngster follows step-by-step directions for constructing a robot to be her friend. The instructions make it sound so simple! But they also caution that sometimes a friendship doesn't turn out as hoped for, as the girl discovers when her new friend unexpectedly unleashes an evil robot army on the city. Now she has to stop the robot and seriously reevaluate their friendship! In the end, the resilient heroine of this comical and clever humorous picture book not only saves the city, she finds a real and lasting friend where least expected.
Building a best friend is easy. Stopping them from taking over the world is the hard part.
- STEM for Kids: A hilarious take on advanced robotics, plutonium, and why water fights are a very bad idea for your new best friend.
- A Funny Friendship Story: Follow along as a resourceful girl builds her perfect companion, only to discover that "world domination" wasn't in the instructions.
- Problem Solving for Kids: When her creation unleashes an evil robot army, one brave hero has to save the city and figure out what being a true friend really means.
- Laugh-Out-Loud Humor: A witty, clever tale for children that serves as a perfect metaphor for the real-life ups and downs of finding your people.
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Stephen W. Martin
How to Make a Friend
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07/2021
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
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Stephen W. Martin is an award-winning writer and director and the author of the picture books Charlotte and the Rock and Stewart's Best Pen. He lives in Los Angeles.
Website: stephen-w-martin.com
Twitter: @Stephen_W_M
Website: stephen-w-martin.com
Twitter: @Stephen_W_M
