Norton is an inventor. He uses discarded materials to make amazing inventions including his companion Alpha - woof! Alpha uses his robot nose to track down wonderful things for Norton. On Tuesday he finds something that tickles his nose. Working together they "pick" this strange thing and bring it home. They do not notice - but you will - little coloured things are falling out of this thing. Back at home Norton applies his usual experiments. He "oiled it. He tried plugging it in. He even x-rayed it." This thing seems quite useless so Norton tosses it out the window. Rain falls, the sun comes out. Finally our pair of heroes can venture outside. "And what they saw was ... "
"Norton forgot about trying to find out what IT was, or what IT was for, but one thing he did know was ITS made him smile!"
There are some very funny moments in this book which are sure to make an adult and an astute younger reader laugh. Alpha needs exercise! Alpha can sneeze - the IT makes his nose tickle. You will even see Alpha eating a "hearty breakfast." Keep in mind Alpha is a robot dog.
You can preview many of the illustrations from this book on this blog post from Celebrate Picture Books.
A quietly amusing fable that highlights the importance of nature in a mechanical world. Kirkus
The perfect book to pair with Norton and Alpha is The Tin Forest.
You could also compare the book design, colour palette and themes in Norton and Alpha with The Secret Sky Garden.
I am keen to read some other books by Kristyna Litten:
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All three of the other Litten books are in the library
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