📅 26 Jan 2025 | ⏱️ ~2 minute read

📚 The Wild Robot

by Peter Brown

When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is - but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a fierce storm and escaping a vicious bear attack, she realises that her only hope for survival is to adapt to her surroundings and learn from the island’s unwelcoming animal inhabitants. As Roz slowly befriends the animals, the island starts to feel like home - until, one day, her mysterious past comes back to haunt her.

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A friend of mine recommended the film version of this after going to watch it with his daughters, but I knew I had the books on the bookshelf and wanted to read them to the kids.

We recently finished the first book and it’s really good - the kids were hooked from the start and although it has some dark part to the book (which I think is appropriate as it’s all part of nature) it’s still a great one to read to the kids.

🚨 SPOILERS ON THE DARK PARTS AHEAD 🚨</summary> There’s a part in the book where winter hits and it’s really cold. So cold that a number of animals freeze to death in the snow. Lots of the animals comment on how they’ve never witnessed such a cold winter

This, I think, is a great precursor to broader conversations with the kids about climate change and how we’re fucking the planet up.

All in all, the kids didn’t seem too upset by the animals freezing to death though. </details>

We’ve taken book 2 The Wild Robot Escapes off the shelf and we will be starting that one straight away. If you want a great, heartwarming, book to read with the kids, or on your own, The Wild Robot is a great choice.

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