The Robots of Room 12
Grade 5 · Chapter book
The Robots of Room 12
Written and illustrated by PlayOwl
Nia has a robot named Pickle, a pier with five lamps, and a program that almost works. The answer is in the notebook of the quietest boy in Room 12.
- 21 pages
- 3,326 words
- Long read
For grown-ups: what this book practices, and where it comes from
What this book practices
An original school story, told in the present tense, about debugging a small robot program. Every version is given in plain words, so readers can trace the bug themselves. It practices logical reasoning, listening to others and sharing credit.
- Level
- Chapter book: Six chapters, about 160 words on a page
- Themes
- School, Making things, Science, Friends, Trying again
- After the story
- A short activity checks understanding, then a prompt to tell a grown-up about the book.
Levels are PlayOwl's own design guidelines for each grade, not a certified reading level. In I'll Read, PlayOwl records that a child turned every page; it cannot hear whether the words were read.
Credit and rights
Written and illustrated by PlayOwl.
- Cover
- Drawn in code for PlayOwl in 2026 with the Read with Olly illustration kit. An original design. Original work owned by PlayOwl.
- Illustrations
- Drawn in code for PlayOwl in 2026 with the Read with Olly illustration kit, from the picture briefs in this file (a fifth-grade classroom, a school cafeteria and a small green robot). Original designs. Original work owned by PlayOwl.
- Narration
- Spoken by the reader's own device voice. PlayOwl ships no recording. No recorded work exists.
- Text
- Written for PlayOwl in 2026. An original story; every sentence is new PlayOwl wording. Original work owned by PlayOwl.
