# The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess - Hardcover

by **Tom Gauld** (Author)

**A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Book of the Year**

**In this fresh new fairy tale, a wooden robot embarks on a quest to find his missing sister-- making for a memorable contemporary bedtime story in acclaimed graphic novelist Tom Gauld's first picture book for children.**

For years, the king and queen have tried desperately to have a baby. Their wish was granted twice, when an engineer and a witch gave them a little wooden robot and an enchanted log princess.

But there's just one catch: every night when the log princess sleeps, she transforms back into an ordinary log, and can only be woken up with magic words.

The princess and her robot brother are are inseparable, until the sleeping princess, mistaken for lumber, is accidentally carted off to parts unknown. Now it's up to her devoted brother to find her, and get them safely back home.

They need to take turns to get each other home, and on the way, they face a host of adventures involving the Queen of Mushrooms, a magic pudding, a baby in a rosebush, and an old lady in a bottle.

This is acclaimed graphic novelist Tom Gauld's first picture book for children, inspired by a bedtime story he made up for his daughters. In his words, "I was trying to make a book inspired by three different sets of books: The books that I remember enjoying as a child, the books that I watched my daughters enjoying, and the books I enjoy now as an adult. I wanted the book to have its own quirky feeling but also to function like a classic bedtime story."  

**An ALSC Notable Children's Book**  
**A Charlotte Zolotow Highly Commended Title**  
**A _People_ Magazine Best Kids Book of the Year**  
**A _Washington Post_ Best Children's Book of the Year**  
**A _Wall Street Journal_ Best Children's Book of the Year**  
**A _Financial Times_ Best Book of the Year**  
**An NPR 'Book We Love!'**  
**A _Booklist_ Editors' Choice**  
**A _Shelf Awareness_ Best Children's Book of the Year**  
**A _Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books_ Blue Ribbon Book!**  
**A _Publishers Lunch_ Best Book of the Year**  
**A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection**  
**An Evanston Public Library Great Books for Kids pick!**  
**A CCBC Choice**  
**_A Mighty Girl_ Best Book of the Year**

### Author Biography

Tom Gauld is a cartoonist and illustrator. He won an Eisner Award for his book _Baking with Kafka_ and has weekly comic strips in _The Guardian_ and _New Scientist_. His comics have been published in _The New York Times_ and _The Believer_. In addition to his graphic novels _Goliath_ and _Mooncop_, he has many distinctive New Yorker covers. Gauld lives and works in London.

**Number of Pages:** 40

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 11.1 x 9.2 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** August 24, 2021

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess

**Interest Level:** Lower Grades, K-3

**Reading Level:** 4.6

**Point Value:** 0.5

## Details

- **Price:** 18.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
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