Written and illustrated by James Foley.
‘Brobot’ colouring by Paulina Gomez.
Book design by Rebecca Mills.
Published by Fremantle Press, 3rd April 2024.
ISBN: 9781760993115 (paperback)
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Originally published in 2016, this new full colour edition comes with an extra bonus story!
Sally Tinker – the world’s foremost inventor under the age of twelve – is fed up with her smelly, sticky, stinky baby brother Joe. Her new invention – Brobot – is just as a brother should be … until the remote control breaks and Brobot goes haywire. Can Sally keep Joe safe from her out-of-control creation? Get set for some sci-fi silliness in this hilarious junior graphic novel.
In the bonus story Sallymander, Sally and her friends take a time machine trip to the Middle Ages to meet a royal ancestor. But when some leaking time machine fuel creates a fiery monster, Sally has to put things right – otherwise she might just rewrite world history!
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Original black and white editions
The original Sally Tinker (S.Tinker Inc.) graphic novels were published in black and white between 2016 and 2020. Click the covers to learn more:
Awards for Brobot (2016)
- Finalist, 2016 Aurealis Awards (Best Graphic Novel/Illustrated Work category)
- Shortlist, 2017 West Australian Young Readers’ Book Awards (Younger Readers category)
Reviews for Brobot (2016)
“Young readers will laugh out loud.” -WritingWA
“Perfect for junior readers, both boys and girls.” – Lamont Books
“Kids will love the attitude, the action, the vivid cartoon-style illustration; and adults will love the zany, over the top humour, and the happy ending that will bring smiles all round.” – Reading Time, Children’s Book Council of Australia reviews
” [The S.Tinker Inc.] books are absolutely hilarious! Some of the funniest books I’ve read. Confident readers will love them but they are great to hook those kids who ‘don’t like reading’ … an invaluable addition to your graphic novel collection.” – Zac McCallum, My Best Friends Are Books
Resources
Behind-the-scenes blog posts
Brobot-related posts are tagged with ‘Brobot‘.
Posts for all books in the series are tagged ‘S.Tinker Inc‘.
Media resources
Find the media release and press-quality images on the Brobot page at the Fremantle Press website.
Teaching notes
Download the teaching notes (pdf).
Book trailer (2016 edition)
Sample pages
Acknowledgements
Huge thanks to Paulina Gamez for her excellent colouring of Brobot!
And a big thanks also to Rebecca Mills for her brilliant book design.
Sallymander was originally serialised in The School Magazine in 2022, and has been reformatted to fit this edition of Brobot.
The original 2016 edition of Brobot was funded by the Western Australian Government through the Department of Culture and the Arts.
The original 2016 edition of Brobot was developed in part during an April 2013 Creative Time Residential Fellowship provided by the May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust.
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