Helpful Helen the Robot (Red Banana) - Softcover

When Tom and his parents move to their new house they hear strange noises coming from the shed next door. Tom helps his parents tidy the junk-filled garden in the hope that his dad will build him a pirate ship play-house. But Mum and Dad tire easily. Then Tom finds out that the neighbour is an inventor. He's invented a robot called Helpful Helen. She can do jobs about the house and garden. Tom's dad is very excited by the robot and gives her a long list of instructions. But oh no! He hasn't spoken slowly. And Helen is programmed to be very helpful. It looks like things are about to get a bit higgledy-piggledy. This is a very funny story about a robot gone haywire!

Bob Wilson is the author and illustrator of the much-loved and best-selling Stanley Bagshaw books, which have been shortlisted for many awards, including the Kurt Maschler Award, the Kate Greenaway Prize and the CBF Children's Book of the Year. He has written and illustrated many other books, and has also been a singer/songwriter and a lecturer. He even designed and built his own house! He gives talks in schools, theatres and libraries to both children and adults, and he has run writing and illustration courses at various literary festivals. (But he is not the ex-Arsenal goalkeeper.) He lives in Ashbourne, Derbyshire.