Franky / Leo Timmers ; translated by Bill Nagelkerke.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Dutch Publisher: Wellington, New Zealand : Gecko Press USA, 2016Copyright date: ©2015Edition: First American editionDescription: 48 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 25 x 27 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781927271933
- 1927271932
- 9781927271940
- 1927271940
- Franky. English
Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Picturebook | Machines & Construction | Timmers Leo | Available | 33111008161859 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Sam loves robots. He is certain they live in outer space among the stars. His family laughs at him, and no one seems to understand. No one except for Franky, that is.
A story of a friendship between a boy and his robot, Franky is a treat for robot lovers about opening your eyes to the unbelievable.
Translated from the Dutch.
"This edition first published in 2015 by Gecko Press."--Colophon.
Sam has a lot of imagination. He loves robots and looks at the stars, imagining that robots live there. But Sam's parents are so busy doing mundane, ordinary things like vacuuming and gardening that they have lost all their imagination. Although Sam and his parents speak the same language, they don't understand each other. Sam wants to share his beliefs and the only one who can understand him is-- a robot. Thanks to his imagination, Sam builds Franky out of the ordinary objects his parents use. Although Franky and Sam don't speak the same language they DO understand each other because they share the same imagination and passion. That's why they become such good friends.