"Book Reviews: ""Young children will be pleased with Little Robot’s ingenuity.""--Booklist ""A book to cherish for years to come.""--Kirkus, STARRED review ""Phelan’s gauzy, sunny watercolor-and-pencil drawings set a cheery, energetic mood, and ingenious Little Robot is instantly winning—surprisingly expressive, sweet but never cloying, and in service to a higher and very relatable purpose.""--Publishers Weekly, STARRED review ""A great bedtime read, and one to try along with Arnold Lobel’s “Frog and Toad” tales for a storytime about friendship.""--School Library Journal In this charming picture book by Newbery winner Patricia MacLachlan, Little Robot is lonely—until he has an inventive and creative solution. Little Robot’s life is peaceful—yet maybe it’s a little too peaceful. But wait! He has an idea. With a little hard work, perseverance, and resourceful thinking, can Little Robot build his way to the perfect cure for loneliness?"