Product Description

BASED ON THE HIT FILM! Lewis is a brilliant twelve-year-old with a surprising number of clever inventions to his credit--his latest and greatest recovers forgotten memories, and Lewis hopes to use it to unlock a mystery from his past. But when the machine is stolen out from under his nose, Lewis all but loses hope…until he meets a boy named Wilbur Robinson. Lewis is whisked forward in time, where he discovers the amazing secret of his future family! Set in a world filled with flying cars and floating cities, the Cine-Manga adaptation of Disney's hit film will be cherished for years to come!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1170896 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-30
• Released on: 2007-01-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 48 pages

Amazon.com Review
"Sorry it was such a dull day," Wilbur Robinson apologizes to the boy narrator at the conclusion of William Joyce's Meet the Robinsons. Indeed. The two lads have just spent the day trying out Cousin Laszlo's antigravity device, sledding in the east wing of the house, listening in as Grandfather and his friends "Mr. Ellington" and "Mr. Armstrong" rehearse with a dancing frog band, and avoiding the slingshot rocks aimed by the dinosaurs that have escaped the Mesozoic era via the Time Machine that someone left on again. Ho hum.

William Joyce's remarkable imagination takes shape this time around in a story about a pleasant family who just happen to have tigers for pets, endless scientific labs, and an octopus butler. The lavish illustrations, which look to be set circa 1940s-50s, are trademark Joyce (Rolie Polie Olie): dense with color, quirky, and finely tuned in every detail. Meet the Robinsons is now a major motion picture (as well it should be--the wacky characters and scenes virtually cry out for the big screen). --Emilie Coulter