English artist Paul Collicutt’s Robot City series combines his love for painting with his adventurous spirit for writing children’s stories. The ongoing series focuses on a town where robots and humans live and work together with ease. Here’s what Collicutt had to say about the various books in the series and how much fun the books are to work on.

 

The newest book in the series is Murder on the Robot City Express. As the world-famous Robot City Express train sets off to break the cross-country speed record amid cheers and celebrations, little do the passengers know that murder is on the menu! Can conductor Harrison glean the truth from a host of larger-than-life characters and find the crook before the train reaches its final destination? This playful pastiche of the detective-fiction genre is just the ticket for reluctant readers. Murder on the Robot City Express is the latest in Paul Collicutt's bestselling Robot City series!

More on This Book!

• Click here for an interview with creator Paul Collicutt.
  
• Click here for exclusive art from Paul Collicutt, plus a look at his studio.
  
• Click here to read a review of Robot City Adventures.

 

Contest

Thanks to everyone who entered for a chance to win one copy of each of the four books in the Robot City series.

Congratulations to the following individuals:

• David from Forney, Texas
• James from Columbus, Ohio 
• Jasmine from Santa Fe Springs, California
• Suzanne from Auburn, Maine
• Tim from Warrington, Pennsylvania. 

 

 

 

About the Author

In addition to the four books in the Robot City series, Paul Collicutt is the author and illustrator of five picture books: This Train (A Parents’ Choice Gold Award Winner), This Plane, This Car, This Boat, and This Truck. He lives in Sussex, England.

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