I Am Not a Tin Can! by Barroux
Published by Kids Can Press on September 6, 2022
ISBN: 1525305549
Pages: 32
Format: Picture Book Fiction
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This is an offbeat book for young children about the nature of friendship and what makes a someone (or something) a friend. A child and a robot essentially bicker through most of the book about whether or not the robot is a tin can. The resolution is that it doesn’t really matter because they get along, have fun together, and each complements the other’s personality.

With the exception of one drawing showing the robot plunging into despair when it realizes that it doesn’t have a heart, the illustrations are bright and appealing. This will circulate and would be a good book to open a discussion about feelings; kids might have an interesting take on whether this robot is, indeed, a tin can and why or why not that might be.

Reviewed by Sarah Maciejewski, Patten Free Library, Bath