Science Comics: Robots and Drones: Past, Present, and Future, by Mairghread Scott, illustrated by Jacob Chabot. 121 pages. NON-FICTION/GRAPHIC NOVEL First Second (Roaring Brook
Press), 2018. $13.
Language: G (0 swears); Mature Content: G; Violence: G.
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS – ADVISABLE.
KID APPEAL: HIGH
This is an interesting explanation about robots and their
history. A robotic bird takes the reader
on a tour of how robots have historically evolved. Then there is an explanation of what composes
a robot. The ethics of robots and where
they will fit in our future is covered as well.
At the end there is a four page glossary with definitions as well as 25
robots that are well known.
I usually
really like the Science Comic graphic novels, but I didn’t enjoy this one as
well. I felt like it briefed over
subjects that I thought were interesting like military drones, but spent a lot
of time on the make-up of robots. That
said the explanations were basic and made complicated ideas easy to understand. The illustrations were well done and helped
with the text explanations. I think most kids understand a lot about drones and
robots already, so either that will draw them to this book or they will feel
like they already know the information and be bored.
C. Peterson
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