This is Robomop, a hardworking robot who's good at his job, which is cleaning...well, yes, the public restroom. But it's not all mopping, slopping, rubbing, and scrubbing. Robomop also does a wicked honky-tonk dance to the window washer's radio, and he dreams of seeing the sun and sky. So when he's carried outside one day, Robomop believes his wish has come true at last. Has it? Well one thing is for certain: for this little robot, finding his place in the world means never giving up trying. Stuck with the apparently endless job of cleaning a basement bathroom, a retro-looking robot dreams of fresh air and making friends. As the harmless cousin to Robocop, Robomop also has a mind of his own, but his escape attempts are continually foiled by his own unwieldy machinery. He tries, for instance, to hide in a very large duffel bag and plunges in headfirst. But as one of Rodriguez’s diverting woodcut illustrations reveals, Robomop’s body and long, coiled neck don’t even fit into the bag. (Robomop also ends up upside down in a toilet as a result of getting overly excited about a new female-looking robot.) Taylor touches on the sadness of obsolescence (Robomop gets thrown away instead of fixed after he pretends to be broken) and layoffs (the human window-cleaner also gets replaced by the new robot model) but offers up a happy ending that involves friendship, love, and, well, honky-tonk music. Grades K-2, --Abby Nolan "This one should hit the top of many bedtime stacks." — Publishers Weekly "Offers up a happy ending that involves friendship, love, and, well, honky-tonk music." — Booklist "This humorous story shows that everyone has a place in the world and should never give up. The illustrations are reminiscent of vintage picture books and brightly fill each page....A unique addition." — School Library Journal One of Daily Candy's Favorite Spring Books for Kids: "Pure silliness that somehow all computes." — Daily Candy “Fresh Picks for Little Readers” "Thrill to the geometric exuberance of these drawings . . . [plus] a stubbornly cheerful finale, and honky-tonk soundtrack throughout." -- 9 New Picture Books That Need Rescuing from Permanent Obscurity — The Huffington Post "Rodriquez's whimsical illustrations. . .add to Taylor's uncommon tale. Educators looking for a new title to add to their books about persevering may find this to be that book." — LMC Sean Taylor is a children's writer, storyteller, and teacher. He grew up in Surrey, England, and taught in Zimbabwe before studying at Cambridge. He, his wife, and their two sons divide their time between England and Brazil. Edel Rodriguez was born in Havana, Cuba. He majored in painting at Pratt Institute (BFA) and Hunter College (MFA). His work has appeared in picture books, on stamps for the U.S. Postal Service, and on posters for films and Broadway shows.