This entertaining primer features a young Black robotics enthusiast explaining robotics to their mom (who uses a wheelchair), showing readers how they, too, can enlighten the grown-ups in their lives about robotics. The informative narrative and speech-bubble dialogue incorporated into the cartoon-like illustrations provide a lively and accessible overview with dashes of humor throughout. Examples of various types of robots, from those that do exciting things (like exploring space) and boring things (like packing boxes or vacuuming the floor) precede an extended explanation of robots’ ability to sense (take in information), compute (analyze the information and decide what to do), and act (take physical action)—three things essential to making a robot a robot. A glossary and brief information on sensory technology used in robots are included at volume’s end.

The best-selling author of the Baby Loves Science series levels up with this playful STEM picture book introducing kids–and grown-ups–to the robotics world.

Do you want to know a secret? Sometimes grown-ups need YOU to explain things to THEM. Like robotics!

In this tongue-in-cheek guide, an in-the-know narrator instructs kid readers in the fine art of explaining robotics to a grown-up. Both children and their adults learn:

• what makes a robot a robot,
• who designs and builds robots,
• and how robots work on their own to get a job done.

Fun and fact-filled, the How to Explain Science series will empower kid experts to explore complex scientific concepts with any grown-up who will listen.