Wild Robot’s meteoric rise to popularity in middle grade fiction happened after my kids aged out of that reading level, or were too obsessed with graphic novels at the time. But I have always been curious to read it because the concept and illustrations looked captivating. I also see it constantly circulating in and out of our elementary school library. When the movie came out, I decided I would finally give it a go - and I’m so glad I did! It has all the great teachable moments you find in fiction for that age range, a wonderful sense of humor, high stakes emotions handled with care, while the characters and setting were so vividly rendered. Now to watch the movie!