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A Curious Robot on Mars!
Far off into space�186 million miles to be precise—a fearless robot rover travels all by his lonesome. He is on a crucial mission from Earth, eagerly seeking to answer the much-anticipated Does life exist on Mars? But there is nothing to be seen on this planet except miles of rocks. He loses support from mission control and finds himself alone and cut off from civilization. But the curious little robot is resilient! After noticing a flash of light shining brilliantly through the crack of a rock, he instantly realizes his mission is far from over. He slowly inches towards the edge, but then suddenly falls perilously into the darkness! What will he discover?
Bethany Straker's vibrant illustrations accompany James Duffett-Smith's suspenseful tale of discovery and hope. A Curious Robot on Mars! will motivate any and all readers to strive for one's ambitions—and most importantly, to always be curious!
Bethany Straker's vibrant illustrations accompany James Duffett-Smith's suspenseful tale of discovery and hope. A Curious Robot on Mars! will motivate any and all readers to strive for one's ambitions—and most importantly, to always be curious!
34 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 1, 2013
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November 14, 2013
WHAT. And also, YOU'RE KIDDING.
The Mars rover is abandoned by NASA after sampling ice and rocks, and after SHEDDING A TEAR, falls down a crack on the Mars surface, lands on soft leaves, and meets Laika.
This is the second picture book this year that has Laika surviving off-planet somewhere, and both of them are NUTS.
An extra star for the rich red used in the illustrations, giving the book a distinct Don Miller quality.
The Mars rover is abandoned by NASA after sampling ice and rocks, and after SHEDDING A TEAR, falls down a crack on the Mars surface, lands on soft leaves, and meets Laika.
This is the second picture book this year that has Laika surviving off-planet somewhere, and both of them are NUTS.
An extra star for the rich red used in the illustrations, giving the book a distinct Don Miller quality.
February 15, 2014
Curiosity goes to mars, finds only rocks and ice, and is abandoned by NASA. Then falls down a hole and goes to space probe heaven with Laika and Sputnik where he finds happiness. Somewhat poor treatment of the folks at NASA, and the probes we've sent lately which have greatly exceeded their design expectations.
October 14, 2020
2.5 stars. It was very cute and pretty pictures. But it was way way to short, only 7 pages. I have questions, so many questions but not a single answer. Perhaps kids don't mind and I'm to old to fall in Love with the story but I feelt extremely underwhelmed
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July 15, 2021do u ever think about how much time our generation has spent feeling ~emotional about Curiosity?
January 21, 2016
Mission Control tells the rover that its job is done. Lonely it rumbles along and falls into a hole where it encounters two characters associated with space, not John Carter.
August 12, 2016
Kind of disappointed. I wanted to see if this would be a good book for my classroom, but a missed opportunity to explain what Curiosity is doing on Mars.
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