Programmed to Paint

by Mauricio Abril (Author) Mauricio Abril (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

Join Pintro the robot's journey as he learns how to create art!

Pintro is a robot who is practically perfect. He knows all there is to know about how to garden, how to bake, and especially everything about math. But the one thing Pintro does not know how to do? Make art!

Whenever he tries, he just produces a perfect copy of the subject. While that's not a bad thing, he knows there's more to art than that. Can Pintro connect with his creativity and overcome his programming so he can finally paint the way he wants to?

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Kirkus

This tale of a sweetly personified machine offers a very human message. 

Review quotes

"Abril's message to readers is clear: Wonderful, creative results come from letting go of perfectionism [...] This tale of a sweetly personified machine offers a very human message." —Kirkus Reviews

Mauricio Abril
Mauricio Abril (he/him) is an author-illustrator who loves telling stories for kids and kids-at-heart. He illustrated the picture book Robot's Can't Dance and the early readers Yi's Journey Home and Meet Everest, inspired by DreamWorks Animation's film Abominable, all from Simon & Schuster. He lives in Pasadena, California.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780593523773
Lexile Measure
590
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Publication date
January 16, 2024
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV051000 - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
JUV003000 - Juvenile Fiction | Art & Architecture
JUV056000 - Juvenile Fiction | Robots
Library of Congress categories
Picture books
Robots
Painting
Creative ability

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