In 2016 I published my first children’s novel, The Wild Robot. It’s the story of a robot named Roz and her struggle to survive on a remote, wild island. As it turns out, Roz doesn’t just survive, she adapts, and learns to communicate with the wildlife, and then she develops animal friends and even a family. Roz makes the island her home.
But that wasn’t the whole story. You see, from the moment I started dreaming up The Wild Robot, I was also dreaming up the sequel. It would be another survival story, only this time Roz would have to survive in civilization, with cities and humans and other robots. Well, it’s taken a while, but I’ve finally written and illustrated that sequel. If you have a few minutes I’d like to tell you about The Wild Robot Escapes.
Warning: There are a few spoilers for The Wild Robot included in this blog post.
Color sketch for the book cover
At the end of The Wild Robot, Roz is badly damaged, and she’s taken away from the island, back to the robot factory where she was made. And I picked up from there as I turned my attention to The Wild Robot Escapes. I began by simply asking myself questions:
- What happens when Roz arrives at the robot factory?
- If her body is repaired will her computer brain be affected?
- Where does she go after being refurbished?
To contrast the wilderness of the first book, I wanted Roz to now experience as much of the civilized world as possible. I wanted her to experience cities and towns and rural areas. I wanted human characters and robot characters and domestic animal characters. And there would have to be futuristic technology: computers and machines and vehicles. As I thought about the future, I asked myself more questions:
- What will our world look like in 50 or 100 years?
- How will technology change our lives?
- How will our lives stay the same?
Although the story would have elements of science fiction and fantasy, I wanted it to seem as believable as possible, so I did plenty of research. I read books and listened to audiobooks and watched documentary films and went on research trips.
I visited the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Robotics Department.
JPL is developing a wide variety of robotic machines. You may already know about some of them.
While I researched, I also started mapping out the story. I wrote down all my little ideas, circled the good ones, crossed out the bad ones, and drew arrows from one idea to the next as I imagined the sequence of events. I worked chronologically, writing notes about the first scene, and then the next, and the next, all the way to the end. I did this over and over, and with each story map the plot became a little clearer in my mind.
So. Many. Story maps.
At this early stage, my editor, Alvina Ling, acted mostly as a sounding board. We’d meet for coffee, I’d explain my vision for the story, and she’d share her expert opinions. Then I’d scuttle away to continue working on my own.
Once I felt good about the overall story arc I switched gears and focused on developing the finer details of the characters and the settings. I decided to set part of the story on a farm, so I researched anything related to farming.
A few of the books I read during my research
I studied the history of farming, and new ways of farming, and how technology will change farming in the future. I visited a corn farm in Nebraska, a small family-run farm in Maine, a research farm in Pennsylvania, and a dairy farm near the Hudson River.
There are many different kinds of farms
Food scientists are already creating meat, eggs and dairy in laboratories, without any animals at all. And some scientists predict all animal-based foods will be artificial in the future. But I’m not so sure. In the future, I don’t think there will be fewer kinds of food, I think there will be all kinds of food: real eggs and artificial eggs, vegetables grown in gardens and in greenhouses and in hydroponic facilities, milk from cows and sheep and goats and laboratories, and food produced with technology that hasn’t been invented yet. I think there will be infinite kinds of farms making infinite kinds of foods. And I thought long and hard about the kind of farm, and the kinds of farmers, I wanted to include in this story.
The questions kept coming.
- If farm animals could talk, what would they say?
- How might farms be improved in the future?
- Can an animal farm ever be truly humane?
Some of my farm questions were uncomfortable, but they were important. I would have to handle these subjects very delicately, indeed.
The outline had 90 plot points, and I developed each one into its own chapter, so the book has 90 short chapters
Once I had a detailed outline of the plot, it was time to write. The first few chapters flowed pretty smoothly. But the further I went, the clearer it became that the plot wasn’t as solid as I’d thought. Certain scenes didn’t make sense. There were too many characters. I needed to simplify the entire story arc. I spent countless hours researching and writing chapters that took place in a zoo, only to decide later that the zoo chapters were problematic, and I got rid of them all. I agonized over the names of each new character, trying to include a variety of names, renaming characters again and again, searching for the perfect name for each one.
Progress was slow, but after months of writing and revising, I had finally typed up a decent draft of the manuscript, which I emailed to my editor. She read it over and made all kinds of edits: she might correct bad grammar or point out clunky sentences. She might ask me to rename a character or rewrite bits of dialogue. She might suggest I delete a word or a sentence or a paragraph or a chapter. I carefully reviewed all of her notes, and then revised the text accordingly.
The manuscript became filled with notes from me and edits from my editor
If I wasn’t working on the text I was working on the art. I made pages and pages of small thumbnail sketches as I decided which scenes to illustrate. Those thumbnails were used as the basis for tighter sketches, which I drew using a computer program called Photoshop. I emailed my sketches to the Creative Director, Dave Caplan, and he and my editor gave me notes on how the sketches might be improved. When the sketches were finalized, Dave began assembling everything into one master file, so we could get an idea of how the finished book would look.
Thumbnail sketches
Finished sketch
The designer started building this file, with the sketches and the latest version of the text, and we got a feel for how the finished book would look
Originally, The Wild Robot Escapes was supposed to be published in October of 2017. But the book was developing at its own slow pace. The research, the story mapping, the writing, the revising, the sketching and illustrating, none of it was going as quickly as I’d hoped. My publisher, Little, Brown & Company, gave me as much time as they possibly could, but there comes a point when books simply cannot be printed and distributed to stores in time to meet the publication date. That deadline was ticking closer and closer. I was obsessed with getting the story right, but things just weren’t falling into place fast enough. All I did was work. I was stressed out and losing sleep and of course my work suffered. Finally, I had to admit to myself, and to my publisher, and to my readers, that I couldn’t complete the book on time. The book would have to be delayed. It felt like I had failed. But I’d rather be late and get the story right than be on time and get the story wrong. We moved the pub date back six months, and I needed all of that time to get the story right.
One big reason why this book took so long has to do with my writing style. Let me explain…
The Wild Robot involves familiar, natural things, like geese. Most readers can imagine what a goose looks like, so I didn’t have to spend much energy describing the goose characters. Nor did I have to describe trees or clouds or ponds. Even my description of Roz was minimal. This freed me up to streamline the text and to concentrate on moving the story forward. That simple writing style worked well, and I wanted to maintain it in the sequel. However, the sequel didn’t take place in a familiar, natural setting, it took place in an unfamiliar, futuristic setting. Drones, airships, driverless cars, the inner-workings of a robot, I had to write about all those technical things, and more, in a way that would be easily understood by a young reader. And it took a long time to get everything right.
The very unfinished ARCs
Advanced Reading Copies (ARCs) are the early, unfinished copies of a book that publishers send out to reviewers. In the case of The Wild Robot Escapes, the ARCs were very unfinished. I spent another 6 months frantically reworking the text and the art AFTER the ARCs were printed. I was disappointed that book reviewers would be reviewing such an unfinished version of the story, but I couldn’t waste energy worrying; I still had a ton of work to do. Incidentally, if YOU got your hands on an ARC, I hope you’ll also read the finished book…it is so much better.
The First Pass Pages with my handwritten changes
The publisher sent me the First Pass Pages, which are paper printouts of the story, with the words and art in place. From that point on, all text changes were to be made by marking up those hardcopies with pencil. And I made many, many changes. I revised words and sentences and paragraphs and chapters. Characters were renamed. A new chapter was added. Other chapters may have been deleted or rearranged…it’s all a blur at this point. I read the entire story aloud, over and over; revising the text as I went, making sure each sentence flowed into the next. The text improved with each pass, but it was never quite good enough. I stayed up late and woke up early and spent all day, everyday, trying to get the entire text to feel right, all 35,000 words.
When my sketches were approved I began work on the final illustrations. My illustration technique involves painting simple shapes with black ink on paper, drawing certain details with pencil, scanning those paintings and drawings into my computer, and layering them over top of each other. You might call my technique a “digital collage.” Many parts of the process are tedious and time-consuming, and there was no time to lose, so I hired an art assistant to help me speed things up.
Final illustration
Eventually, the sketches were replaced with the final illustrations, and we got an even better idea of how the finished book would look
The First Pass Pages bounced from me to the editor to the copyeditor. They’d make corrections, and add my handwritten changes to the manuscript, then I’d receive a clean, updated printout, and I immediately went about making more changes with pencil. Then I’d send the marked up pages back to my editor. Around and around went those pages. The months flew by, and there was that next deadline, ticking closer and closer. Once again, I was stressed out and losing sleep and my work suffered. I thought I was going to lose my mind.
After what seemed like an eternity, I finally polished off the text and the illustrations, and I sent them off, into the depths of the publishing company, where they worked their way through various departments: editorial, design, copyediting, production. When everyone had done their part, the master file went to the printing press, where the actual, physical books were printed. And a month later, I received my first copy of the finished book.
Amazingly, it all came together
The Wild Robot Escapes is the story of a robot torn between two worlds. Roz was designed for her new life. She was designed to work alongside humans and robots and to live in the civilized world. But her computer brain is filled with perfect memories of her old life on the island. She grows to care about the new characters she meets, but she misses her old friends and her son and her home. And so our robot must discover for herself where she truly belongs.
My books have all presented their own challenges, but no book has challenged me quite like this one. I had to develop a futuristic world, filled with futuristic technology and characters and settings; I had to make sure everything was believable and that the science made sense; I had to tell a story that readers could relate to, that was exciting and warm and honest, and use language that flowed when read aloud. There were so many considerations that it seemed like I’d never make it all work. But I just kept going. I gave this sequel absolutely everything I had, and I did so because of you, my readers. Your response to The Wild Robot was so incredible that I was determined to make this sequel meet your expectations. I hope with all my heart that I succeeded. I hope you enjoy The Wild Robot Escapes.
As always, I encourage everyone to buy books from independent bookstores. Because, if we only buy books online, then bookstores will disappear, and I’d hate to live in a world without bookstores.
I had the pleasure of reading the ARC for this book and enjoyed every minute of Roz’s adventures. Thanks for sharing your process in creating this sequel that completes Roz and Brightbill’s story. A classic that will be a favorite for years to come.
Peter,
Fantastic read, and very detailed. Hartmann would be so pleased!! Best of success with “The Wild Robot Escapes”. Stay well.
Mr. A
As a teacher who always strives to give as much backstory as possible, I’d like to thank you so much for this read. I can’t wait to share it! Best of luck with the sequel! You have many fans at Tenacre Country Day in Wellesley.
loved the first book cannot wait to read the sequel
The first book was spectacular! I can’t wait to read the sequel!
I can’t wait to read it!
I loved the first book, can’t wait to read this one!
I haven’t read the first book but i hope i can soon it sounds amazing
That was cool.
I really wanna read this book. It sounds tubular!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t wait to read this. Our class read the first one and it was great. It would be cool if you came in and talked to us.
Not sure who was more excited when our copy arrived today, my 7 year old son or my 47 year old husband. Thanks Peter! Come see us at Trinity School again if you find yourself in the Bay Area – we love you!!
Eight 5th graders earned a sleepover at our school library this Friday. I’m the librarian and I asked each one of them read “The Wild Robot,” because we will all be at Schuler’s Books this Friday to meet you. We CANNOT wait!
I loved The Wild Robot and ran out to the bookstore last week to buy The Wild Robot Escapes. I was a bit scared as I sat down to read it — what if it wasn’t as good? What if I didn’t like the ending? But not to worry! The Wild Robot Escapes was great and I was so moved by the story. Thanks for this wonderful gift.
I read The Wild Robot to my 9 year old son last week and we immediately purchased The Wild Robot Escapes. He could not stand to wait to find out what happens to Roz. We are about a third of the way through and he is absolutely riveted. My son is on the autism spectrum and one of his favorite things in the world is for me to read to him, as reading does not come easily to him. He gets a great deal of comfort from immersing himself in beautifully written stories and yours certainly fit that description. We will likely be reading them over and over and bringing Roz, Brightbill and other of your characters into our art activities, building creations and imaginative play. Thank you and we hope to read more about Roz in the future!
Hello,
My name is Dane and I am 9 years old. I just finished reading “THE WILD ROBOT ESCAPES” and i cried a little but over all I loved it and i can’t explain how happy I am that Roz made it back home. Thank you Peter for the heart felt book.
We are reading The Wild Robot Escapes in class and it is so good
I just finished reading my copy, which I’d been saving for summer so I could truly enjoy it. Your writing is so smooth without being simplistic. I love the story… but the illustrations… they are fantastic. Something about your style in these two Roz books is captivating. I’d love to see it all in color. A museum exhibit of your artwork would be divine!
I had finished reading The Wild Robot book. I thought it was an amazing book, but I didn’t really like the end because it was sad. I’m very excited that your making The Wild Robot Escapes. I think it’ll go great along with The Wild Robot story. I think your a very talented man, and creative man. I think your future as a writer will go very well for you. I can’t explain how excited I am to read this book.
from the looks of it roz is on a farm (i don’t have a book)
I read The Wild Robot in class twice but, I didn’t read The Wild Robot Escapes yet.
What Peter should so is he should make another book that everyone is mad at him because he destroyed.
I think that roz left because she was tired of the recos damaging her and brightbill and her friends.
I like your sense of adventure.
We LOVE both of the Wild Robot books! Will you be writing another one?
Mrs. Minnehan’s 2nd Grade Class
Dear Peter Brown,
My name is Abby and I’m 14 years old. When I was 6, I didn’t know how to speak English and the culture of America. I love to read any nonfiction books, especially history one. I read The Wild Robot and The Wild Robot Escapes. I read these books because I attended the book club at my middle school in Illinois. For your next book, I would love if you put Brightbill finding his mate and the bad guy might be looking for the goose. Also, It would be great if you put Roz adjust the island. I hope you love my suggestions. If you do, please let me know. By the way, I love your second book.
Love, Abby Trandel
P.S: Please let me know your next publish date.
hello i love your book i am looking forward to see you at the school!
I love your book so much it is awesome!
Thanks for being so detailed about the process of making the book. As the parent of kids who love your work, and having worked in publishing, I found it very interesting. And I bet other authors/illustrators will be inspired!
I had the pleasure of reading it to my 5th grade students and they were hooked!
Hi peter brown you book really inspired me to make a similar story
i love the wild robot. i read the old book in esl thank you.
I love this book.It was so interested.I read this book everyday in school with my best teacher ms Iqbal .You are my favorite author after reading this book also my teacher brought Wild robot escape and i am so excited to read it.Thank you so much peter for writing this wonderful book.I just loved it
The book came out a day after my birthday 2 years ago and I didn’t know that the author even existed let alone the book! All I have to say is that I read both of those books in 2 DAYS! But it’s also probably because this covid-19 stuff.
My daughter-in-law & grandson’s, 8 & 5 years old, shared these two books with me. I listened to the audio version, with all the character voices. My husband & I rescued & raised a wild Canada goose for nearly a year before he flew off to join his own kind, so we can really relate. We named our son “Lucky “. Tears flowed heavily numerous times during the tender moments that Roz & Brightbill shared. So heart felt. Thank you so much. We will purchase the physical book to enjoy the illustrations, but the audio version, with the narrators doing all the characters voices, really brings it to life.
Dear Mr. Brown,
My boys and I have read both of the Wild Robot books and have fallen in love with Roz and Brightbill. We just finished reading ‘The Wild Robot’ for the second time, because my younger son (8) can now appreciate it more. We are all on the edge of our seats during reading time. My older son (11) takes turns reading with me and all of us say, “one more chapter!” even though it’s bedtime.
You inspired me to write my own middle grade children’s book. My sons think it sounds “so much like Peter Brown”. I’m very flattered, but still working hard on the second book in the series, as I try to publish the first. Thank you for your inspiration. I am beyond grateful to you. Actually, my entire family is inspired by you.
Sincerely,
Elise Donabedian
its so awesome that a new book is coming out the first two books were very heart warming I love it
I had the first book read to me by my teacher, and she said there was a sequel. When I saw the 2nd book at Barnes And Nobles, and I knew I had to get it.
When I finished the second book at home, I thought: *spoiler alert* What if more robots that survived the shipwreck did not get broken, like maybe 2 or 3 robots survived, and not only Roz? I think you should consider that as a new series.
Lover of 3 (maybe more that I haven’t read) of your books, Clark.
Thank you for writing this story. Our third grader devoured ‘Wild Robot’. He is almost done with ‘Wild Robot Escapes’ and keeps asking: what will Mr.Brown write next about the robot? I He plans to send you a note too after he is done reading.
i liked the 1st book. i like the 2nd
Thank you so much for writing the Wild Robot escapes. For a very long time, I have been wanting to read a good novel. The Wild Robot escapes is my favorite book of all time.
I read both books with my friends and it was great!
I hope you make a third!
Just read it, it was so good, and a question at the end made me think that there will be a 3quel!
I love your books! I can’t wait until The Wild Robot Protects comes out. The Wild Robot Escapes is my favourite (so far)
By the way, I will be sending a letter to you soon ?
I love The Wild Robot series
Dear Mr. Brown,
We have read the Dutch translation of your first book and both me, my husband and our daughter loved it. Unfortunately this book is not available in Dutch yet, but let’s hope it will come. Thanks for all the joy you have given us while reading this amazing book!
Warm regards from The Netherlands
Hi Peter,
Are you writing a third book? My nieces in Hobart, Tasmania, (Australia) adore your books! I haven’t seen them so excited about a new book as yours ( for quite a while).
Can you at least hint if you have another book in this series?
I’m writing a third book! Unfortunately, these things take time. The Wild Robot Protects is scheduled to be published in the summer of 2023. I hope your nieces will check it out when the time comes!
My child with ASD is 7. The Wild Robot was assigned to his entire K-6 school to be read at home. He loved it so much we are now reading the Wild Robot Escapes. He literally did a happy dance when I showed it to him. I think struggling to fit in is a human condition but children with disabilities feel this even more. He truly connects with Roz. Thank you.
Hi, my name is Smaranda, I am 9 years old and in 4th grade. I really love your books. They inspire me to write my own stories. They helped me a lot through the recent move across the world and I am extremely happy you are working on the third one. I will be the first one to read it.
sorry for the werid comment my ela just finished the first one well i did but i finished it first i heard about the 3 book i think your a realy good writter good luck.
From Michael, age 9:
Hello, my name is Michael Unit 725601 🙂 I think The Wild Robot Escapes is really amazing. I like all the different characters and robots. I also like the RECOs blocky heads! I really like the conclusion. It’s really satisfying. I really like the front cover and the back cover. And the pictures. I think they’re really good – I like the combination of the different drawing styles. I like the picture of the RECOs lowering down on cables! I like how you draw geese. Overall, my favorite part is that it involves a lot of outstanding robots!
From Rainer, age 9:
Hello, I am Rainer unit 6854 but you may call me . . . umm. . . I haven’t made that part up yet. Anyway, I love the book The Wild Robot Escapes! My favorite part is when the triangular white airship flies over Roz in the park and the RECOs zipped down on cables. I also liked the first chapter because it doesn’t include Roz until the end but it seems like it includes Roz the whole time. I also like how the delivery van zigs and zags around the street. I also like it when Roz gets disguised in weeds and mud you call her “the clump of grass” instead of Roz.
Rebecca, age 38
We laughed, we held our breaths in suspense, we pondered, we discussed. What a wonderful book. I read aloud A LOT and this was a pleasure to read aloud. Thank you so much for putting your heart and skill into this story – it’s hard to convey how much we enjoyed it and how aspects have been woven into the children’s play and their own writing. Your blog is so nice to see how an accomplished author works. We are big fans, Peter Brown 🙂
Thanks Michael, Rainer and Rebecca! I am SO glad you all enjoyed The Wild Robot books! Stay tuned for The Wild Robot Protects in the summer of 2023…it’ll be worth the wait!
OMG I love this book. I started reading it in school, and I was instantly amazed! The story is so cool. I love the idea too! And to make a part 2 was so exciting for me. Everyday I was waiting for the book to arrive, when one day it was on my doorstep!! I was too happy so I made a picnic set-up outside at this pond in my neighborhood and started reading as soon as i was finished with the set-up! So I highly thank you Peter Brown, for making my reading experience so much better with this book.
Hello when does the wild robot escapes takes place like what year please answer ASAP
The Wild Robot books are fiction. They don’t take place in the real world, they take place in a world similar to ours, with the same kinds of plants and animals and cities. I don’t mention any specific real-world places or people or events or dates because I’m trying to transport readers into this made-up fantasy world. So I’m afraid I can’t tell you in what year the story takes place because I don’t know, and honestly, I don’t think it really matters. Sorry I can’t be more helpful, but I hope you enjoyed the books!
A big thankyou for writing The Wild Robot and The Wild Robot Escapes. I have been a primary teacher for nearly 30 years and as technological advances grab the children’s attention more and more, it has been a joy to rediscover the old fashioned immersion of them within a book. We have invested ourselves wholly in the journey of Roz and all that she goes through. Some children were even brought to tears at times and your cliff hangers made them eager for the next lesson. Your language choices are not patronising and have made for interesting discussion points and learning. We are so excited to hear that there may be a third book in the series! CANNOT WAIT! I will post some of the children’s responses to you on here.
Thank you, Rowena, for sharing my books with your class! I’m so happy that your students enjoyed them, and I appreciate reading what they have to say. And yes, there will be a third book out next year, entitled The Wild Robot Protects, and anyone who enjoyed the first two books I think will really enjoy this new one. Stay tuned!
From the children in my class…
Peter Brown, your 1st and 2nd books of “Roz” were AMAZING! In the first I literally cried! 3 times! My favourite part was when Brightbill found Chit-Chat (P.s. I am really like Chit Chat) Chit Chat was literally talking like MAD. In the second book I cried more than the first book! My favourite part was when Roz and the RECOs were in a chase. How Dramatic! From your greatest fan!
Hi Peter, Please make more books as we found out about the Wild Robot and then we found out about the Wild Robot Escapes. I really want more books about Roz. You make your books so exciting, amazing and perfect. You’ve taught me how birds fly in formation and that some (most) robots are really nice. My favourite character is Chit Chat because she is like me. I love squirrels and all they do. You make me feel happy, sad, dramatic, angry and all emotions. My favourite part is where Roz is with Brightbill. Its so sweet. Please make 4,5,6 more books!!
I am so happy that a new book is coming out. I loved the vocabulary and illustrations. When we read the first book we had to get the 2nd. I even bought them at home as even though we had them in school as I felt I had to read it again. My favourite part was when Roz and Brightbill met eachother again because it is so heart warming. I was so glad when Dr Molovo did not destroy Roz and Roz didn’t die. Where did the ideas come from? My Favourite character is Brightbill because he is cute and my favourite animals are birds. Was the person who kills Longneck Mr Shareef?
Your books about the Wild Robot are inspiring and entertaining. Now I see you are writing the Wild Robot Protects. I’m wholly invested in this extraordinary series! My favourite character was Brightbill and the things he said as I can just imagine Brightbill doing that.
We have been reading the Wild Robot books a lot . We loved your first Wild Robot book, so we had to move onto your second one. I’m excited to hear that there will be a new one. My favourite part is where Roz jumped off the building then someone rebuilt Roz to save her life. The books showed me how characters react. My favourite characters are Roz and Brightbill because they stand out.
I love your book. I love them all!! I love the way you named the geese after what they look like. I really want to be an author/ illustrator when I am older. Was your first book about Buffy made up or real? Anyway, where did you get the idea to write about a robot? My favourite part of your first robot book is when all of the animals attack the Recos. I love how you have so many robots in your story and I love Brightbill the most because he is a survivor. Unfortunately we have finished your second book now I am so interested to read your third one.
I came here to see if there was any news about a Wild Robot 3 and I scanned down the page and started reading some of the comments and now at 2.52pm at work in Melbourne Australia, I am sitting here trying to hold back the tears, terribly, as I remember how much I loved reading the first 2 books to my daughter.
We loved all the action, emotion and amazing storytelling.
Fingers crossed for part 3!
The 4th grade class was reading this story and I took it out of the library to read and discuss this with my 4th grader…he actually asked me to buy him the book so he could read it over again…We are going to read all three and then I will buy them all for him. Your book is the first chapter book we have been able to follow and discuss. In your first book, I loved all the scientific concepts you have incorporated in the story…I started taking notes for a discussion.
We read a five little monkeys book and then over time wrote 4 sequels to that story. We put the monkeys into different situations, introduced cousins and aunts.
The process of writing a book has been a great lesson. Each one we write has evolved into a better and better format. The ideas, decisions, creativity, revisions and storyline to name a few lessons, have been fantastic. Maybe I have a budding author! We use your examples on excitement, sadness, how to end a story so the reader wants to read another book, facts, reality and pretend…etc to create a better story—thank you!
Hello, my name is Sonny Kingston. I am 6 and a half. I live in Auckland, New Zealand. I was given The Wild Robot for Christmas and my mum and I loved it SO MUCH that as soon as we finished reading it she went straight out and bought The Wild Robot Escapes. We loved both books so much. My mum cried (happy/sad tears) when Roz finally made it home. Thank you for writing such amazing books. Bye.
Hello, I am Yashna. I’m turning ten this year, and I’m writing this by myself. The books are amazing! My school teacher gave me The Wild Robot to read, and by the time I finished it, I was nearly in tears! I looked forward to getting The Wild Robot Escapes. The illustrations are truly splendid! Thanks for sharing this beautiful story to the world.
Dear Peter,
Warm greeting from Russia!
Thank you for your books!
They were translated and published in Russian language.
We read them both twice:
First time, my wife read them to my 5-year-old son.
Second time, he read them himself at the age of 8.
Actually, I visited this page looking for the next 3d book and for my pleasure, find it!
Although, it is not translated into Russian we are going to enjoy reading in original.
Thank you for your work! God bless you.
BR
Timofey Polupan
This is soo interesting. I’m not gonna lie I love the book Roz the robot because It is so interesting to me. I have read to chapter 53 in only 2 days. That is crazy right! I like books because it inspires me to make my own books and let my family read it or publish it to the world. I think Roz is very cool. She can’t kill anyone FISICALLY (Other than that accident when Roz fell on some Gesse and broke 4 eggs). Anyways my point is that you should make more Roz the robot books.
My class and I read the first book for our school English unit ( The wild robot ) and it was so amazing! Waiting for that suspense watching Brightbill waddle after his spectacle mother Roz, it was a stunning experience to read the book. Love your work!!!❤️❤️❤️