Tin Can Hero
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The illustration on our cover this month is by Ted Dewan from Inside Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures. This book was written by Steve Parker and published by Dorling Kindersley, to whom we are grateful for their help in using this illustration.
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Illustrated by John Dyke
A mildly touching story about a robot rebelling against his species' lack of appetite for adventure. Otto Matic is expelled from robot school after losing his fourteenth oil can, and he soon becomes embroiled in fire, burglary and unemployment, much to the dismay of his conservative family. The author successfully conjures up a cosily weird and oddly ordinary world where domestic automatons live the same kind of humdrum lives as their human counterparts. This pleasant little tale went down well with a group of top infants, who were particularly amused by the names of Otto's family (Math, Arro, Diplo, Prag and Grandfather Roo).
