When Ben's father has to suddenly go away over the half-term holiday, he has a big surprise for Ben - a very special robot to take his place. The only problem is that like lots of Dad's robots, this one doesn't quite work as well as expected.

 

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

Emma Laybourn was a librarian, and is now a classroom assistant for special needs children in a mainstream school. Her favourite place is the Yorkshire Dales, as she enjoys walking. She has two children. Nick Sharratt was winner of the Sheffield Book Award and the Children's Book Award in 2001.