Michael O'Hearn published his first book in 2007, a graphic novel following the story of Henry Ford as he built the Model T automobile. He has since published many other books and continues to write both nonfiction and fiction. Michael lives in Connecticut with his wife, Karen, his daughter, Kendal, and her stuffed kitty, Meowy. When he's not busy writing, he likes to write and record songs, work on cars, trim bonsai trees, and read.
...accurate information and beautiful color illustrations.
Scattered throughout all four books are "Robot Facts" sidebars, and
vocabulary terms that might cause the reader problems are defined
at the bottom of each page.-- "Library Media Connection Online"
Focusing on high-interest topics, these cleanly laid out volumes
will fill readers in on the past and present basics of robot
design, structure, and function. Competitions covers the range of
formal contests, from mock rescues to wild and destructive
BattleBots frenzies. With a mention of the Curiosity rover's Mars
landing, Space Robots updates the information found in Christopher
Forest's otherwise similar Robots in Space (Capstone, 2012), and
Amazing Military Robots is a cut above Barbara Alpert's Military
Robots (Capstone, 2012) in coverage and reading level. Sidebars
with interesting facts (e.g., "Some self-guided robots guard
national borders, military bases, and nuclear waste sites") and the
clear, color photos of the machines in action may attract browsers
and/or robotics enthusiasts.-- "School Library Journal, Series Made
Simple"
I, of course, think space robots are awesome, and I'm happy to see
Spirit, Curiosity, Hubble, Canadarm 2, Voyager, Cassini, Viking,
Pathfinder, Pioneer 10, and MAVEN all make appearances in images,
and many more are mentioned in the text. All in all, an excellent
overview of robotic exploration for kids.-- "Planetary Society"
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