Grace Builds an Almost-Perfect Dog
$35.98
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
10 June 2025
Summary
A girl builds and programs a robot dog in this heartwarming STEM-based picture book perfect for fans of THE MOST MAGNIFICENT THING.
Grace can’t have a real dog, so she takes matters into her own hands. She builds a robot dog named Kit!
Grace codes him to behave like the perfect dog. Kit follows her instructions perfectly.
He rolls over perfectly, every time.
He plays fetch perfectly, every single time.
But Grace soon discovers that maybe following the r…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781250168238 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1250168236 |
| Author: | Curtis Manley, Tracy Subisak |
| Publisher: | St Martin's Press |
| Imprint: | St Martin's Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 10 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 433g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 292mm x 227mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-8 |
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Critics Review
“Grace’s solution-oriented attitude, determination, and grit will inspire other coders and dreamers, and the happy ending will please dog-lovers.” – Booklist
“A good addition to libraries needing books about coding that are accessible for both younger and middle grade readers.” – School Library Journal
Curtis Manley
Curtis Manley grew up in Pennsylvania and is the author of Shawn Loves Sharks and Just Right. His background in science and poetry helps him combine nonfiction elements into fictional stories that entertain while making the universe a little more understandable. He now lives near Seattle, Washington.
Tracy Subisak is the author and illustrator of Sorry, Snail and award-winning Jenny Mei Is Sad, and the illustrator of several picture books including Amah Faraway and This Book Is Not For You!. Her books have been featured in publications such as the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal. She is of Polish and Taiwanese heritage and a believer that stories connect us all in some way. Tracy currently resides in Taiwan with her buddy-for-life Matty and turtle Ah Dou.
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