Tobor is a sweet little story about a little boy named Ben who has many stuffed animal friends, but one day his dad gives him a gift: a talking robot. The new friend, a robot named Tobor (which is Robot backwards by the way), loves to play and has many adventures with Ben. Then when playing, he falls and gets broken. Will Ben be able to fix his new friend? The illustrations and story are cute, my favorite part is when Ben tells Tobor to close his eyes to go to sleep and Tobor only closes one. The story felt like two stories in one, since the first part was Ben meeting Tobor and playing and then taking a break to play with his other toys, before missing Tobor at bedtime. The second part is about Tobor falling from a tree and getting broken. Both parts are simple and sweet and mostly describe the games the two play together

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I can't say I was a big fan of this one. I don't know if I was just missing something in the render or what. I just didn't really connect with the story at all.

'Tobor' by Guido Van Genechten is about a special toy that a young boy gets. You can figure out what Tobor is by reading his name backwards.

Ben has his favorite toys, but now that he is almost five, he is bored with them. They can't move on their own or talk. He gets a new toy that starts up when you press his square nose. The toy is Tobor and he and Ben have fun adventures together.

Tobor is a cute robot and so are the illustrations in the book. The story is pretty sparse, but it would probably work for a squirmy toddler. The colors in the book are bright, and Tobor is a bit mischievous and curious.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Clavis Books and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.

Tobor is a picturebook by Guido van Genechten that is currently scheduled for publication on October 11 2017. Ben receives a very special present for his fifth birthday. Unlike Ben's stuffed animals who can't move on their own or talk, Tobor is different; with a press of his square nose, Tobor comes alive, suggesting and playing games, talking and asking questions and soon he becomes Ben's best friend. Sometimes friendship develops where you least expect it.

Tobor is a delightful picturebook with artwork that captured my attention right away. Ben plays with and interacts with his stuffed animals the way many imaginative children do, as if they are alive. However, when he is gifted with Tobor- a toy that can actually talk and play rather than one that can only do these things in his imagination, he is as obsessed as anyone would expect a child to be. I loved the adventures and interaction the pair have. I liked that Ben got tired of Tobor's constant desire to play. More than anything, I liked that Ben came to see that a toy that walks and talks is great, he also sees the importance and fun that can be found with a little more variety. I think could be a good classroom or family discussion starter about new friends and how different people play different ways, and that we can all come together and find a happy medium.

What a cute and clever story about a little boy who gets a robot named Tobor for his birthday. He loves his little robot as he goes around playing and teaching him what to do. He gets frustrated at him sometimes, but quickly gets over it and plays with him again. When he tries to climb the tree with his new buddy, he finds out that robots can't climb trees and Tobor breaks. He is quickly fixed and boy and robot go back to being the best of friends.

My kids are in a robot phase at this moment so they love Tobor and I love the little boy with curly blonde hair that looks so much like my son!

A robot playmate (Tobor) takes the place of boring stuffed animals that are unable to interact with a little boy. (Ben) Cute. Ben and Tobor play and learn together. Engaging for very wee folk.

This is a nice story but I hoped whilst reading it that there would be a stand-out message, which there doesn't seem to be. Ben receives a toy robot called Tobor, and they seem to do everything together until one day when Tobor gets broken. Ben still loves Tobor however and plays with him endlessly - perhaps that is the message? However I felt more could have been done to reinforce any such message. I really enjoyed the illustrations (particularly Ben's curls!) and found it a particularly helpful aid to have Tobor's speech in a different font.

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Ben loves playing with his stuffed animals. They are easy to move and do whatever he tells them to do. For his fifth birthday, he receives Tobor, a robot that does not do what Ben tells him to do. Eventually, Ben becomes frustrated with Tobor and turns him off and returns to his stuffed animals.

Ben has lots of toys and each one of them is unique. Tobor is his newest toy and he is a robot! Ben loves playing with Tobor and enjoys listening to his stories and playing with him, but he also enjoys his older toys. Luckily Ben finds that there is a time and situation in which to play with each of his toys. A cute story very loosely based on the film robot Tobor. A quick, fun read. My son loved that in order to activate Tobor you press his nose.

Ben has four animal friends to play with, but it’s boring because they don’t have minds of their own. So on his next birthday he gets a robot. Tobor is a full service babysitting/kid-playing AI in a boxy body on legs. But after a long day of playing Ben is tired of his new companion and goes back to his previous pals. And then in the middle of the night he wants to be with Tobor again.
Tobor falls from a tree and goes dark, but it doesn’t take much for a 5-year-old to repair him. Guess he just needed a reboot. And it’s a little creepy how the robot’s always smiling.
If there’s a moral here, I don’t see it.
Artwork is fine, much like a lot of others, awash with bright colors, of which Ben’s curls are the best. There’s a cool page at the front that looks like a circuit board, but much more beautiful.
3.5 pushed up to 4/5

I know a few young robot fans who will shriek with jot when they see this book! Fun story about a friendship between a little boy .his stuffed animals, and his new robot. I liked the illustrations- cute!

This story is all about incorporating mechanical and digital toys into a child’s playday. Tobor is a robot, but he is noisy and hard, and can not climb trees. There are times he needs to be turned off, or taught to be quite. It’s an interesting story, especially for today's children who are so used to digital toys that entertain them, that they forget how to entertain themselves.

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Tobor and Ben become great friends which seems lovely, but the story lacks true plot or theme and is just sort of there. There would have been much more to the story if the characters had been developed a little more.

Really great illustrations. Recommend for children, including preschoolers who could enjoy the pictures.

I liked the images in this book and the story overall was great, I thought that Tobor was a great little character. 4 stars from me for this one

Pros: Art, Idea (toy robot)

Cons: It does not feel like it has a middle point where problem happens (or that much of) to have a conclusion

Ben loves to play with his stuffed animals, but they do whatever he wants them to do. For his fifth birthday, his dad gives him a robot named Tobor. When Ben pushes his nose, he talks and plays. He plays however he wants to play and tires Ben out. He is also a rather off looking robot. Ben turns him off and goes back to his other playmates (stuffies). When he goes to bed, he realizes that Tobor is alone downstairs and sneaks down and brings him up to his room. Over the next little while, he teaches Tobor to play new and different things and they all become great friends. A cute story with fun illustrations. The story teaches about accepting new friends, teaching them how to play and accepting them. A great story for a kindergarten classroom. The publisher generously provided me with a copy of this book via Netgalley.

After growing tired of his stuffed toys Ben is given a new gift, Tobor. This new gift quickly reveals himself as a new friend. But what happens when that new friend doesn't know how to slow down or learn new things? Ben, having grown tired and a little hungry, turns Tobor off just long enough to figure out how to teach his new friend how to be a good friend and how to do a few new things--things that they can do together.

Ben is a sweet little boy who appreciates having a new friend--and doesn't leave him turned off or downstairs even when it would be simpler for him to return to his quite play. He determines that Tobor is special and able to learn and begins right away.

In the end a new friend is made--a new, good friend.

Tobor is a robot, not to beautiful or 'normal' like the rest of the toys, but friendly and ready to play. If you take him the way he is, he is a good playing comrade and he is always ready to make a pleasant and friendly conversation.
This book is a good training for pre-school children to learn about difference and being different, accepting the new members of the team and trying to consider everyone's merits. Every child over 4 years can learn something useful from this book.