robotics

Pop Flies, Robo-Pets, and Other Disasters

RedChairPress — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 23:15:29 +0000

Thirteen-year-old Satoshi Matsumoto spent the last three years living in Atlanta where he was the star of his middle-school baseball team―a slugger with pro potential, according to his coach. Now that his father's work in the US has come to an end, he's moved back to his hometown in rural Japan. Living abroad has changed him, and now his old friends in Japan are suspicious of his new foreign ways. Even worse, his childhood foe Shintaro, whose dad has ties to gangsters, is in his homeroom. After he joins his new school's baseball team, Satoshi has a chance to be a hero until he makes a major-league error."A heart-warming story about a baseball player who learns that teamwork is much more important than being the star of the team. I loved the family dynamics and depiction of life, and especially baseball, in Japan."―Shauna Holyoak, author of Kazu Jones and the Denver Dognappers (Hyperion, 2019)"A story set in Japan rich in details only Kamata, an insider, could share. With ease and respect, she weaves the pressures, agonies, and loyalties of Satoshi's life at home, at school and on a junior high baseball team with the practices and traditions of the game played in Japan. I am a big fan of this middle-grade homerun!"―Annie Donwerth Chikamatsu, award-winning author of Somewhere Among (Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, 2017)"Pop Flies really pops! A lively, fun, easy read that draws you in and keeps you guessing."―Dori Jones Yang, award-winning author of The Forbidden Temptation of Baseball (SparkPress, 2017)

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Pages:

212

Advanced (9 to 13)

Language:

English

ISBN:

978-1947159365

Red Chair Press

Suzanne Kamata (Author), Tracy Bishop

Categories:

Boys, Family & Friends, Health & Sports

Features:

Illustrations, Chapters

Keywords:

atlanta, baseball, reverse‑culture‑shock, japan, perseverance, friendship, bullying, robotics

https://www.amazon.com/Pop-Flies-Robo-Pets-Other-Disasters/dp/1947159364

POP FLIES RoboPets and Other Disasters Suzanne Kamata THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK POP FLIES RoboPets and Other Disasters One Elm Books is an imprint of Red Chair Press LLC Red Chair Press LLC PO Box South Egremont MA ONE ELM ONE ELM B O O K S wwwredchairpresscom wwwoneelmbookscom Publishers CatalogingInPublication Data Names Kamata Suzanne author Bishop Tracy illustrator Title Pop flies robopets and other disasters Suzanne Kamata illustrated by Tracy Nishimura Bishop Description South Egremont Massachusetts One Elm Books an imprint of Red Chair Press LLC Interest age level Summary Satoshi Matsumoto spent the last three years living in Atlanta where he was the star of his middleschool baseball team Satoshi has a chance to be a hero at his new school in Japan until he makes a majorleague errorProvided by publisher Identifiers ISBN hardcover ISBN ebook Subjects LCSH Baseball playersJuvenile fiction Teenage boys Juvenile fiction New schoolsJapanJuvenile fiction Errors Juvenile fiction CYAC Baseball playersFiction Teenage boys Fiction New schoolsJapanFiction ErrorsFiction Classification LCC PZ7K12668 Po print LCC PZ7K12668 ebook DDC Ficdc23 LC record available at httpslccnlocgov2019934390 This book is a work of fiction Any references to historical events real people or real places are used fictitiously Other names characters places and events are products of the authors imagination and any resemblance to actual events places or persons living or dead is entirely coincidental Main body text set in New Century Schoolbook Text copyright by Suzanna Kamata Copyright Red Chair Press LLC RED CHAIR PRESS ONE ELM Books logo and green leaf colophon are registered trademarks of Red Chair Press LLC All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced stored in an information or retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means electronic mechanical including photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission from the Publisher For permissions contact inforedchairpresscom Printed in Canada 1P S20FN POP FLIES RoboPets and Other Disasters Suzanne Kamata illustrated by Tracy Nishimura Bishop ONE ELM B O O K S ONE ELM B O O K S ONE ELM B O O K S ONE ELM B O O K S Egremont Massachusetts ONE ELM This book is dedicated to the baseball fans in my life my son Jio my husband Yukiyoshi Dad and in memory of my brother Tim Only my second day of Tokushima Whirlpool Junior High School and my bike has a flat tire Great Im gonna be late I rush into the shed and dig through bamboo rakes and old plastic buckets till I find the air pump I open the valve careful not to get oil on my white cuffs and connect it to the tube of the pump Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh There The tires firm and I dont hear any hissing Im good to go but Ill have to pretend Im in the last stretch of the Tour de France to make it on time Just before Im about to take off though my grandpas door slides open He lives in a little bungalow right next to the one where Okaasan my sister Momoko Otosan when hes around and I live Ojichan shuffles into view all bent and shriveled Satoshi can you give me a hand His voice trembles Okaasan is one way to say Mom and Otosan is a word for Dad in Japanese I glance at our house Okaasans probably busy getting my sister into her leg braces getting her teeth brushed She goes to a school for kids with special needs where the mothers have to help all day Can it wait I shout in Ojichans direction Ive gotta go to school now His face crumples Oh no I think hes about to cry Are you all right I gotta go Now But I cant leave him like this I park my bike and run over to his house Im okay he says with a big sigh But Nana chan isnt He motions me inside where I see that Nana chan is not barking not scooting around with her flippers and not blinking In fact sheitisnt moving at all Looks like she needs to be recharged I think you have to uh plug it in I say not sure if its okay to remind him that his pet is a machine Maybe were supposed to act like its a living thing He drops down to his knees completely helpless I glance toward the door then take a deep breath This is going to make me late for school for sure but Ill help him out just this once I turn

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Theres a Robot in My Troop

Drcarlotta — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 02:04:24 +0000

There’s a Robot in my Troop is the story of Malia! She’s a member of an all girl troop and a robotics competition team. She shares all that her troop learns by designing, building and programming their robot. Together, the girls find out that having fun is better than winning as they work on troubleshooting, presenting their work and doing a design project to help society.

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Pages:

Beginner (1 to 6)

Language:

English

Dr. Carlotta A. Berry, Anak Bulu

Categories:

Embracing Diversity, Family & Friends, Girls, Imagination, STEM (Sci, Tech, Eng, Math)

Features:

Illustrations

Keywords:

robotics, teamwork, girls, competition, engineering, coding, troubleshooting, empowerment.

https://www.amazon.com/Theres-Robot-Troop/dp/B0D8ZNM9F6

Theres a Robot in my Troop Copyright by Dr Carlotta A Berry Illustrations Copyright by Anak Bulu All rights reserved No portion of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any No portion of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying or recording or by any information storage and retrieval system without written permission from the author cid37ecid69icid68ation cid53his book is for all the little girls who value friendship fun and working together cid46ay the intersections of art and cid52cid53cid38cid46 allow you to see all that you aspire to be cid53herecid8s a robot in my troop and itcid8s ecid89citing to see Itcid8s named for cid52ocid75ourner cid53ruth a woman who made history cid46y troop is all girlscid28 also a robotics team Itcid8s a really big deal to see Itcid8s a really big deal to see a group like us doing cid52cid53cid38Acid46 cid52cid53cid38Acid46 stands for science technology engineering art and math cid56e used these skills to build and program our robot to follow a path At the beginning of the season we planned and wrote stuff down cid53hat helped us to stay focused cid53hat helped us to stay focused so we didncid8t goof around

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Europa Excursion

hartungn — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 21:41:24 +0000

A brilliant STEAM book for little ones from Aerospace Engineer, Andrew Rader. Giraffestronaut and Robot are back, and this time they're headed for Jupiter's moon, Europa. They need to work together to rescue a submarine trapped under the moon's icy crust. Descending into the depths of Europa's ocean, what secrets will they discover? Written by real-life Aerospace Engineer, Andrew Rader, who currently works for SpaceX. With 52 pages of beautiful, full-color illustrations by professional artist Galen Frazer it is a standalone book, but third in the Epic Space Adventure Series. The Epic Space Adventure series presents space science in a way that's easy to understand and fun! Created by, Andrew Rader, a real mars explorer...well soon to be! Andrew is an aerospace engineer with a PhD in human spaceflight from MIT. He's also a Game Designer, Author, YouTuber, and winner of Discovery Channel's #1 series Canada's Greatest-Know-it-All. Andrew currently works for SpaceX in Los Angeles, CA.

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Pages:

Beginner (1 to 6)

Language:

English

Storybook Genius Publishing

Andrew Rader, Galen Frazier, Yip Jar Design

Categories:

Action Adventure, Animals & Creatures, Cars, Trucks & Planes, Educational, STEM (Sci, Tech, Eng, Math)

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Illustrations

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