Friendship. Betrayal. Healing. And moving on. Robot Dreams depicts twelve months in dreams and quiet moments in the life of a dog and a robot. Now in paperback from Square Fish.
Sara Varon is a graphic novelist and children’s book author/illustrator living in Chicago. She is the author of Robot Dreams, which has been adapted into an Oscar-nominated animated feature film. Her other books include Odd Duck, Bake Sale, New Shoes, Hold Hands, My Pencil and Me, and the Detective Sweet Pea series. Her work has received many accolades—among others, Hold Hands was named a Best Children’s Book of 2019 by the New York Times; Odd Duck was selected by Kirkus Reviews as one of the Best Children’s Books of 2013; Bake Sale was chosen as a YALSA Great Graphic Novel of 2012; and Robot Dreams was on Oprah’s Kids’ Reading List in 2008. In 2013, Sara was a recipient of the Sendak Fellowship. saravaron.com
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
An ALSC Notable Children's Book
A YALSA Great Graphic Novel "Tender, funny and wise." --Publishers
Weekly, starred review "Invested with true emotion." --Booklist,
starred review "This almost wordless (and dialogue-free) graphic
novel is by turns funny and poignant . . . it will stay with
readers long after they put it down." --School Library Journal,
starred review "Emotional experiences are shared without a word in
this graphic novel that elicits laughter, tears, and a realization
of the complexity of friendships." --NCTE Notable Book in the
Language Arts Review"Tender, funny and wise." --Publishers Weekly,
starred review "Invested with true emotion." --Booklist, starred
review "This almost wordless (and dialogue-free) graphic novel is
by turns funny and poignant . . . it will stay with readers long
after they put it down." --School Library Journal, starred review
"Sophisticatedly understated, with subtle gestural cues and colors
in a minor key, yet the blossoming friendship between the dog and
the robot is unmistakably joyful." --Kirkus Reviews "This is one of
those rare pieces that truly qualifies as an all-ages graphic
novel, with a wordless story (save for the occasional bits of
signage, printed ephemera, and free-floating sound effects and
exclamations) packed with enough droll events to engage
primary-schoolers, and bittersweet observations on the mutable
nature of friendships best understood by those who've been around
long enough to win some and lose some." --The Bulletin of the
Center for Children's Books, Recommended Book "In Sara Varon's
graphic novels, characters navigate seemingly simple but profound
missions that are unexpectedly affecting." --New York Magazine
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