The Robot and the Bluebird

By Lucas, David

Publishers Summary:
A broken robot makes a home for a cold, tired bluebird trying to fly south for the winter, and eventually he carries the bird to a warmer climate while she rests in the cavity where his heart used to be.

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ISBN
978-0-37436-330-7
Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008, c2007.


REVIEWS

School Library Journal

Reviewed on November 1, 2008

PreS-Gr 3 "There once was a Robot with a "broken" heart," begins this metaphorical story that's likely to appeal more to adults than to children. The other robots cannot fix him, so he ends up on the junk heap. A tired, shivering Bluebird (of happiness, perhaps?) comes along, prompting the Robot to shelter her and carry her South, until he breaks down. Respecting the Robot's dying request, the Bluebird makes a nest in his heart, "And the Robot...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2008

A robot with a (physically) broken heart is relegated to a trash heap once he can no longer be fixed. A stru...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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