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The Wild Robot by Peter Brown: Review, Series Guide, Ending Explained and Book vs Movie

A robot washes up on a wild island and ends up raising a gosling. Hailey reviews Peter Brown's The Wild Robot, walks through all three books in the series, then, after a spoiler warning, explains the book's ending and compares it with the DreamWorks movie that made a lot of grown-ups cry.

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Books mentioned in this episode
The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown
The Wild Robot Protects by Peter Brown

Chapters
0:00 Cold Open
0:20 Welcome
0:54 The Review
6:11 The Series
10:11 Spoiler Warning
10:33 The Ending Explained
16:26 Book Versus Screen
21:21 Outro

Scores, the full written review and the videos

Narrated by Hailey, the Book Explained host voice (AI-generated with Kokoro TTS).

Music
"Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Disquiet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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