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A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Book of the Year
 
In this fresh new fairy tale, a wooden robot embarks on a quest to find his missing sister-- making for a memorable contemporary bedtime story in acclaimed graphic novelist Tom Gauld''s first picture book for children.

For years, the king and queen have tried desperately to have a baby. Their wish was granted twice, when an engineer and a witch gave them a little wooden robot and an enchanted log princess.
 
But there''s just one catch: every night when the log princess sleeps, she transforms back into an ordinary log, and can only be woken up with magic words. 
 
The princess and her robot brother are are inseparable, until the sleeping princess, mistaken for lumber, is accidentally carted off to parts unknown. Now it''s up to her devoted brother to find her, and get them safely back home.
 
They need to take turns to get each other home, a

The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess

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    A Hardback by Tom Gauld

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      Publisher Holiday House Inc
      Published 24 August 2021
      ISBN-13 9780823446988
      978-0823446988
      ISBN-10 0823446980

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Book of the Year
       
      In this fresh new fairy tale, a wooden robot embarks on a quest to find his missing sister-- making for a memorable contemporary bedtime story in acclaimed graphic novelist Tom Gauld''s first picture book for children.

      For years, the king and queen have tried desperately to have a baby. Their wish was granted twice, when an engineer and a witch gave them a little wooden robot and an enchanted log princess.
       
      But there''s just one catch: every night when the log princess sleeps, she transforms back into an ordinary log, and can only be woken up with magic words. 
       
      The princess and her robot brother are are inseparable, until the sleeping princess, mistaken for lumber, is accidentally carted off to parts unknown. Now it''s up to her devoted brother to find her, and get them safely back home.
       
      They need to take turns to get each other home, a

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