Robots Fantasy

While wandering outdoors, Gary makes an amazing discovery that turns his life upside down. A clunky, old piece of metal becomes a trusted companion - or does it? Follow them on a tragicomic, interplanetary journey with its share of twists and turns, bumps, and bruises.

Charlie creates the world’s most sensational video game - BattleBlox - and becomes mega-rich. President Douglas J. Champ is secretly a YUUUGE fan of BattleBox, and accidentally gets sucked into the video game. Hacker Jack has been waiting for the right moment to kidnap the president. After getting sucked into BattleBlox, the president must be rescued from the sinister Hacker Jack, who programs his indestructible robot avatar, Terminus 6, to hold the president hostage.

It’s a story you may think you know - an aging baseball coach is challenged by the very boy he took in and raised. But in this near future world, "smart” houses talk and listen, and - privy as they are to the secret life of the household - family life gets interesting. Creepy and funny, unsettling and entertaining, this is a story that stands on its own even as it proves the perfect follow up to Gish Jen’s critically acclaimed novel The Resisters.

For years, the king and queen have longed for a child. Their wish is miraculously twice granted in the form of a little wooden robot and an enchanted princess, both of whom they raise lovingly. There’s just one catch: every night when the princess falls asleep, she transforms into a log. She can only be woken with the magic words “Awake, little log, awake.” The two siblings are inseparable, until the day when the sleeping princess is mistaken for an ordinary log and carted off to the frozen North.

Jimmy Roberts' favourite sport to watch is Robot Races, where drivers and their high-tech robot vehicles compete. When the races' founder announces a special version of the competition just for children, Jimmy and his robot, Cabbie, were thrilled to qualify. After finishing second in the first race, they're out to win the next challenge, in the Amazon rainforest - but Jimmy's enemy Horace has other ideas.

Causing chaos wherever they sail, the robotic Steampunk Pirates are roaming the high seas, hunting for gold! But the evil Iron Duke has other ideas. He's determined to capture the pirates in return for a handsome reward from the king. Can the mechanical marauders stay one wave ahead of their enemy?

When Grandma creates a robot babysitter for twins Jake and Jess, chaos ensues! Jake and Jess are on their way to Scotland to visit Robin, who’s been hiding out near a remote loch with Grandma. Jake can’t wait to see his favourite robot, but is shocked by how much he’s changed. Robin now spends most of his time camouflaged in bushes and can light a fire with a click of his fingers - he’s gone wild! But when Grandma ropes the trio into a plan to catch a local gang of thieves in the act, it looks like Robin’s new skills might just save the day....

When Nick and Tesla Holt are sent to live with their eccentric Uncle Newt, they find their new neighborhood is full of secrets. What the heck is going on? To unravel the mysteries (and save their skins), Nick and Tesla must use everyday household objects to build electromagnets, rocket launchers, and other crazy contraptions.

This is the second exciting and amazing adventure story of Isley Jones, her family, and friends. In this second book, she travels far, far into the future to the year 3150 on yet another heartfelt mission to help a time machine inventor in her own inimitable way. Along the way, she encounters a friendly talking time-machine spaceship, a grey alien, and and a robot, too.

Everyone in Peter Powers' family has super awesome superpowers - except Peter. All he can do is make ice cubes and flash freeze little stuff. At least his brother and sister have finally stopped picking on him - mostly. But at school, an even more menacing bully has it out for Peter and his friends. As if that wasn't enough, Boulder City is being raided by robots! When his parents are captured, will Peter and his siblings be able to work together and save the day? Or will the town - and possibly the world - be iced? Join Peter Powers and his fantastic family for their second adventure.

She had been nervous about starting fifth grade after spending all summer with her little brother and baby cousins. So when her fifth-grade teacher announces a district-wide robotics competition, she jumps at the opportunity to be the class’s leader. Being in charge is better and cooler than playing make-believe, right? Many people doubt her, especially the boys in her class, but with the support of her friends and Girl Scout troop, Maven is determined to prove them wrong.

Mina’s dream has come true. Mina and her best friend, Vanessa, set out for the ultimate summer adventure, but Count Dracula is worried that the evil robot SILVIA is still on the loose and looking for revenge! At camp, Mina and Vanessa discover that something is horribly wrong with the animals at the zoo. Will Mina’s dream vacation become a nightmare?

It is the not-too-distant future and AI is at the forefront of society. Robots have become an indispensable part of the service industry, from hospitality to the red light district. Nicole is married to a jet-setting technology magnate who is away from home for weeks at a time. Neglected and desperately in need of companionship, she begins to fantasize about their new AI servant.

Professor Pip drømmer om at vinde sangkonkurrencen Flomborg synger. Men hvordan kan hun det, når hun har en sangstemme, der lyder som en bilalarm? Det har professor Pip selvfølgelig alle tiders løsning på. Og Arnold skal hjælpe hende. Problemet er, at der også er et par robotter med i planen. Og de viser sig at være lidt svære at styre. Arnold og professor Pip må ud på en vild robotjagt! Professor Pip er en serie af sjove bøger om en genial opfinder, en ualmindelig gorilla og den ret almindelige dreng Arnold.

Die besten Ferien, die Paul je erlebt hat: Roboter Roki rettet den Nordsee-Schatz. Paul, Roki und Valerie freuen sich ein Loch in den Bauch: Adam nimmt sie alle mit an die Nordsee, wo er eine frühere Erfindung reparieren soll, den Tauchroboter LUISE. Der Zelturlaub am Meer wird ein Riesenspaß, denn an Strand und Campingplatz ist jede Menge los. Doch so richtig spannend wird es, als Roki seine "Schwester" LUISE kennenlernt, denn sie soll einen echten Goldschatz bergen.

Mum and Dad have left—gone to Mars, and they’re never coming back. Freedom at last! But this isn’t one of Dad’s weird jokes; it’s REAL. It’s up to 10-year-old Eliza and her genius little brother, Johnnie, to find out what’s going on, and launch a rescue. Can they handle vampire squids, a suspicious villain, a secret island full of traps and a trip into space? And—more importantly—will they ever get their parents back?

In the fourth book in the Frank Einstein series, Frank - along with his best friend, Watson, and Klink and Klank - once again finds himself in competition with his classmate and archrival, T. Edison, and his sign-language-speaking sidekick, Mr. Chimp, over Frank's newest invention: the EvoBlaster Belt, which allows the user to evolve and devolve into other forms of life, blasting from one species to another.

Frank is working on a revamped version of one of Nikola Tesla's inventions, the "Electro-Finger", a device that can tap into energy anywhere and allow all of Midville to live off the grid, with free wireless and solar energy. But this puts Frank in direct conflict with Edison's quest to control all the power and light in Midville, monopolize its energy resources, and get "rich rich rich".

Mr. and Mrs. Franklin are loving parents who live with their son, Sammy, and daughter, Samantha, in a modest and happy home. Sammy Franklin wants to do something special for his mother, so he invents a robot named Nichole as a surprise for her birthday. What happens when Mrs. Franklin opens her present? It turns out she is not the only one who receives a gift.

Join Boot-Bot, a robot dog from the future, on an exciting journey through time in this animal trivia book. Starting with the dinosaurs and traveling all the way to 2024, Boot-Bot explores the incredible world of animals from the past and present. Along the way, he encounters fascinating creatures and tests his knowledge with fun multiple-choice questions.