The Intersection of Design & Motherhood
Oscar is in love with Robot Zot. And since the whole family counts themselves fans of Jon Scieszka and David Shannon, this book gets a lot of action at our house.
The basic story: Robot Zot comes to Earth ready to take over, his first attempt is in a suburban kitchen where he mistakes the counter appliances for the enemy. Clever story. Captivating illustrations.
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My name is Gabrielle Blair. I'm a designer and mother of six. We currently live in a farmhouse in the French countryside. I post on where design and motherhood intersect.
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ha! zot is my son’s current fave too! he thinks it’s hysterical that he is in love with a telephone :)
Looks really cute- can’t wait for my son to be old enough for these books!
Love the illustrations!
We’ve got it… sitting here from the library. Wish my boy were more into reading, we would have read it by now. We’ll crack it open today!
Great looking blog! I find myself more and more interested in not only the content of blogs but also the design. I’m currently getting my AA in interior design but something tells me that my heart is leading me in the direction of graphic design. Love the logo too! xo claudia
Our favorite by Jon Scieszka and David Shannon is Too Many Toys. I bet we’d like Zot too, their stories are hilariously true and captivating is the perfect word for the illustrations.
BTW, I love the new Design Mom logo and icons!
I love this book and so do the kids at my elementary school – great sound effects to be made!
Plus, when Jon Scieszka does a romance, you know it’s going to be amusing.
What a fun book! Even though I don’t have kids, I still love to pick up a fun children’s book from time to time, and will have to add this to my list!
Hooray…Abel will love this book!
love the illustrations.
by the way, friday is international children’s book day!
We also love Jon Scieszka and David Shannon. We’ll have to check this out . . .
We are huge David Shannon fans at our house. We even bought spare copies of his books and framed a couple of pages! Love this book!
Yes, we just found this one at the library as well. It’s a total little boy book- love it!
My son loved this book! It was fun.