Brilliant

A character learns how to play outside and play their electronic games in the real world.

I LOVED THIS BOOK.

Blip, an adorably drawn robot loves being plugged in. Online she can have fun learning new things, going on adventures, dancing to music, and visiting faraway places. She's plugged in every day all day, and would continue just the same until one day there's a blackout and Blip trips over her own chord, and tumbles all the way out the door, finding herself outside! Once outside, little Blip learns that there are other ways to learn new things, go on adventures, and all of the other things she usually does, and that she just may love BOTH.

I thought this was an adorable and sweet little book that gave a gentle look at what it means to put down our screens and enjoy the outdoors. Blip's adventure into the real world isn't told in a preachy way, but rather allows even the youngest readers to discover with her. This is a great storytime read or bedtime story, and even a cute gift book for an adult.

I had a feeling this book was trying to say that being unplugged was better than being plugged in. This isn’t always true for everyone.

Cute, & a timely reminder for parents and kiddos about the importance of backing away from the iPad and other screens to enjoy some of life's simpler adventures.

Looking for picture books to introduce topics in my Pop Culture Studies class. This is a good one for discussion--in terms of screen time, opens the conversation to what students might do if not on a screen. Do they have the choices as Blip? Would also be a good pairing with Manoush Zomorodi's TED talk on boredom. But also, there's a critical thinking element to it--when Blip is on the computer, the color palette is black and white. When Blip is outside, color palette is vibrant. How might students feel about that choice and the subtext the color palette carries? Some might disagree, especially depending on where they live. Will try using this book next semester and see how it goes.

A problem novel in a picture book format. Illustrations are attractive, but it's very didactic. Not for pleasure reading in any sense.

Very cute book with a great message.

Cute, however my little friends had tons of questions about “robots”, and missed the “unplugged” bit. I think any kid into 🤖 would wonder why this one can go in water...we decided it was fiction. 😂

{My thoughts} – Blip deals with a power outage that causes them to be unplugged from their computer. They aren’t use to being unplugged but ends up spending time outside, doing new things, and making new friends. Eventually Blip ends up going back home and plugging back into his computer. Once he does that he begins to miss all the fun he’d had while he was unplugged.

I really like this book. It helps to show children that electronics aren’t everything and that they can potentially have more fun, without electronics. In today’s world it seems to be extremely difficult for children to walk away from electronics and do things outside of the electronic world. It’s not very often that children aren’t on a computer, game console or phone.

I think that many children could easily benefit from this book. I also think that parents can benefit from being able to show or teach their children that it is possible to have fun without the use of electronic devices.

I highly recommend this book for all home libraries.