The Wild Robot
by Peter Brown
Middle grade · ages 6–10 · 740L (~4th grade) · 2016
Why we'd hand it over
A quiet masterpiece — the illustrations do half the emotional work, the prose is precise and gorgeous, and kids genuinely cry at the ending (in a healthy way).
What parents said
I read them all to my 5 and 7 year old and it was a joy to read and experience together.