Mr Z has been enjoying a new story recently – Robotslayer. Robotslayer is a comic book which is a new genre for Mr Z but is perfect for his age (5 years old) and slightly older children too.
Robotslayer is a gripping story of a town where robots have gone from being the friends and helpers of the city, to a danger and menace, thanks to the dastardly Grububble who has programmed them with a virus! The heroes Leo and Benny and brothers – one boy and one robot – who want to set thing right together with their grandfather Prof. Robotolis. Robotolis had been the mastermind behind the Robot City and had taught Grububble all he knew about robots, before he turned bad!
The story is quite detailed so I do think it would be best for children of at least 5. I read the story to Mr Z so that he could focus more on enjoying the story than on trying to read the words, but as he continues getting confident with his reading he will be able to enjoying reading this himself. The comic book format is a really fun way of presenting the story and means that even if he does struggle with a few words he can still follow a lot of what is going on!
The heroes Leo and Benny are based on author Vincent Kamp’s own two boys, which is lovely to know. The whole comic book has been hand drawn so you can see how much dedication has gone into it!
There is also a Robotslayer app which is great to link between reading and gaming, which can be useful if you have a child who is very motivated by playing iPad games. (Mr Z can be like this!) The app includes the Robotslayer3000 game which is featured in the story, and trains Leo how to become a real Robotslayer!
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January 22, 2014 @ 1:12 pm
I think this book looks fantastic my son would love it
January 22, 2014 @ 1:14 pm
K9 – he is my favourite robot!
January 22, 2014 @ 1:17 pm
The Iron Giant
January 22, 2014 @ 1:21 pm
cp30
January 22, 2014 @ 1:24 pm
My older son has a Robosapien which is quite cool.
The book looks really great – I will go and have a look at the Robotslayer app as my the book and app would be perfect for my younger son 🙂
January 22, 2014 @ 1:36 pm
This book looks really good and i’m sure the children would love reading it
January 22, 2014 @ 1:37 pm
johnny 5 is my favourite robot, the book sounds great, I like that theres an app too
January 22, 2014 @ 1:41 pm
r2d2! great book 🙂
January 22, 2014 @ 2:06 pm
My favourite type of a robot is one that cleans! Wish they would hurry up and invent one!
January 22, 2014 @ 2:28 pm
K9 , best robot ever xxx
January 22, 2014 @ 2:29 pm
think it’s a great book and am sure my grandchildren would enjoy it
January 22, 2014 @ 2:48 pm
Fav Robot is one that goes to work in my place so I can sleep till midday
January 22, 2014 @ 3:33 pm
K9 and he could be trained to do the housework! 🙂
January 22, 2014 @ 3:48 pm
A lovely book my son will enjoy reading
January 22, 2014 @ 4:54 pm
I always loved K9
January 22, 2014 @ 5:42 pm
Love the idea and so would my son!
January 22, 2014 @ 6:00 pm
it looks really good for boys.
January 22, 2014 @ 6:11 pm
The book looks like it would mainly appeal to boys. I like the comic book format. I would love to win, as this may be a book to encourage / motivate boys to read.
January 22, 2014 @ 6:55 pm
I love the idea of the book, my son would think it was great
January 22, 2014 @ 7:24 pm
K9 brilliant robot xx
January 22, 2014 @ 7:42 pm
the iron giant
January 22, 2014 @ 7:44 pm
Great idea, kids love robots – as do adults like me who perhaps should have grown out of it 🙂
January 22, 2014 @ 7:50 pm
Any robot that would save me doing housework – they got one that hoovers now
January 22, 2014 @ 7:53 pm
Just thought about it more – the housemaid in The Jetsons !!!!
January 22, 2014 @ 7:53 pm
Just thought about it more – the housemaid in The Jetsons !!!!
January 22, 2014 @ 8:10 pm
I think it sounds great! I know my son would love it!
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January 22, 2014 @ 8:47 pm
A cleaning robot – specifically ironing would be good.
January 22, 2014 @ 8:58 pm
Has to be Robocop.
January 22, 2014 @ 9:45 pm
The Iron Giant
January 22, 2014 @ 10:00 pm
My favourite Robot is one called ‘Clunk’ from my kids books – Wendels workshop! Give us a laugh!
This book looks great, My monkey man would love it!
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January 23, 2014 @ 10:28 am
The book looks great
January 23, 2014 @ 2:01 pm
I love this idea, my 3 children would love to read this! Well done!!
January 23, 2014 @ 6:07 pm
I think it will really appeal to boys which is great!
January 24, 2014 @ 1:32 am
I still miss Metal Mickey, but I bet if was on tv now it would look so outdated!
January 24, 2014 @ 6:07 am
my son would love this book, it would capture his interests better than football books
January 24, 2014 @ 9:28 am
C3PO
January 24, 2014 @ 12:04 pm
This looks like a great graphic novel, fab illustrations, fave robot in our house has to be R2D2.
January 24, 2014 @ 12:32 pm
totally fab book
January 24, 2014 @ 4:02 pm
Wall-E because he cleans up and hes so cute
January 24, 2014 @ 5:24 pm
cp30 and r2d2 i think.
January 24, 2014 @ 8:27 pm
Rosie from the Jetsons!
January 24, 2014 @ 10:20 pm
wall-e is my ultimate robot, so cute 🙂
January 25, 2014 @ 11:19 pm
We love WALL-E, this book looks great.
January 26, 2014 @ 2:23 pm
Marvin the Paranoid Android
January 26, 2014 @ 9:27 pm
I like the idea of this story. I think my son would love it as he really likes robots.
My favourite robot is Bender from Futurama 😉 x
January 29, 2014 @ 4:35 am
K9
January 29, 2014 @ 4:05 pm
R2d2 is the favourite robot in this house.This looks like a wonderful story with a character that my 6 year old will love.Im struggling to get him to read but this will appeal to him and I’m hoping he may pick it up andread it himself!
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January 29, 2014 @ 9:16 pm
I love the droids from Star Wars. I have also crocheted some mini robots in the past and they were really sweet.
January 29, 2014 @ 10:56 pm
Johnny 5!
February 1, 2014 @ 8:43 pm
R2D2
February 2, 2014 @ 11:02 am
K9 the best
February 3, 2014 @ 4:29 pm
C3PO
February 7, 2014 @ 3:02 am
the iron giant
February 7, 2014 @ 10:44 am
I like the idea of this book as our young son wants to read comics like his older siblings.
February 7, 2014 @ 7:18 pm
I would like a robot that washes, irons and puts Away the clothes!!!!
February 10, 2014 @ 6:07 pm
my son would enjoy this book
February 11, 2014 @ 5:46 pm
a hoover robot
February 15, 2014 @ 6:37 pm
I think the book sounds fab! My 6 yr old loves robots
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February 15, 2014 @ 8:57 pm
My favourite type of Robot would be a cleaning robot.
February 16, 2014 @ 9:35 pm
R2D2 is the best
February 17, 2014 @ 5:33 pm
r2d2
February 17, 2014 @ 8:30 pm
My son loves robot’s, and I think he would love this story
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February 18, 2014 @ 6:13 pm
cp-30 ^^
February 19, 2014 @ 2:59 pm
K9
February 20, 2014 @ 8:41 am
johnny 5
February 20, 2014 @ 10:56 am
K9
February 20, 2014 @ 12:59 pm
Great Idea, Im sure my son would love this x
February 20, 2014 @ 1:54 pm
rollie pollie ollie
February 20, 2014 @ 5:02 pm
Wow this is really cool, love that its based for boys- and younger ages as well whoot whoot
February 20, 2014 @ 5:52 pm
Looks like a great book 🙂
February 20, 2014 @ 8:03 pm
the iron giant. he’s hilarious
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February 20, 2014 @ 8:47 pm
The book looks great, I’m sure my Grand-Daughter would love it.
February 20, 2014 @ 10:33 pm
Sounds great, my son would love it
February 20, 2014 @ 10:56 pm
Wall-e is the best
February 21, 2014 @ 10:39 am
I like the style of the book, my godson would enjoy it. I like small robots.
February 21, 2014 @ 2:38 pm
R2D2
The book looks delightful and I am sure it would really appeal to my son.
February 21, 2014 @ 8:26 pm
green x code robot 🙂
February 21, 2014 @ 8:56 pm
I love Asimo – he’s so real looking.
February 21, 2014 @ 9:14 pm
Marvin the Paranoid Android
February 21, 2014 @ 9:49 pm
K9 has always been a big favourite
February 22, 2014 @ 12:03 am
The art work looks amazing I know my son would love this.
February 22, 2014 @ 4:37 am
Was going to go for K-9, but then saw someone had mentioned Jonny 5 in the comments….Have changed my mind to him. Def Jonny 5
February 22, 2014 @ 7:17 am
Robots are always popular in this house so I’d be interested to see what my son thinks of the book.
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February 22, 2014 @ 7:39 am
K9 is definitely our favourite!
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February 22, 2014 @ 8:33 am
My daughter has just got into books and is learning about robots at school this book would be great for her x
February 22, 2014 @ 1:20 pm
transformers!!
February 22, 2014 @ 2:23 pm
K9 – he’s a legend!
February 22, 2014 @ 3:14 pm
C3P0 is my favorite robot 🙂
February 22, 2014 @ 3:19 pm
Love the idea of the book,and my son’s would too.
February 22, 2014 @ 4:06 pm
Jonny 5!
February 22, 2014 @ 8:08 pm
My kids would both love this book and my favourite Robot would be K9
February 22, 2014 @ 10:36 pm
this book look great
February 22, 2014 @ 10:37 pm
I love the idea of the book, I love the robot on confused.com advert hehe x
February 22, 2014 @ 10:45 pm
K9
February 22, 2014 @ 11:58 pm
JOHNNY 5