"Draws on findings from the Curiosity rover's first year on Mars in a science-themed celebration of space exploration that depicts an adorable little robot investigating Earth's closest planetary neighbor and singing ""Happy Birthday"" to itself. Simultaneous eBook." - (Baker & Taylor)

Invites readers to join a little robot named Curiosity for a tour of Mars, the planet that this rover calls home, and celebrate the rover's birthday together. - (Baker & Taylor)

"Hey, Earth! It's my birthday! Mars is one of our closest neighbors, and a NASA robot named Curiosity is in charge of exploring the surface. Take a journey across a new planet along with Curiosity. You're invited to join the party--because even robots have birthdays!"-- - (Baker & Taylor)

Even robots have birthdays! Celebrate Curiosity and wish happy birthday to one of NASA's most famous Mars rovers in this beautiful picture book!

"The book is adorable. . . a celebration of curiosity and exploration." - GeekDad.com

Mars is our closest neighbor, and a little robot named Curiosity is investigating the planet for us. Join for a tour of the place this rover calls home. Get to know Mars through eye-catching illustrations of an alien landscape and the adorable robot in charge of exploring it all. And this rover's birthday is a perfect time to celebrate curiosity.

For nerdy parents, fans of space, or those who are just curious, relive the moment when the Curiosity rover sang itself happy birthday in 2013 after one year on Mars. - (Penguin Putnam)

Sara Schonfeld is an editor, author, and all-around nerd. She lives in New York City.

Andrew J. Ross is a Canadian storyboard artist and illustrator who has spent time working in the U.S. on animated films for DreamWorks Animation, Sony Animation, Illumination Entertainment, and Blue Sky Studios. He's best known for his work on Kung Fu Panda 3, Penguins of Madagascar, and Captain Underpants. Andrew currently lives in Toronto with his wife, Sheryl, and cactus, Peter. - (Penguin Putnam)

Kirkus Reviews

Greetings from Curiosity, roving the red planet since 2012! With a wave of its arm, Curiosity introduces itself and the barren Martian landscape ("No humans have ever been here before. Isn't that cool?"), then, while sending a celebratory selfie back to friends on Earth, sings "Happy birthday to me"—a ditty it actually was programmed to hum, though just on the first anniversary of its landing. In his blocky painted illustrations, Ross sends the excitable rover ("Oops—I made a dust cloud! I guess I should slow down") trundling through a Martian sunset while extolling the virtue for which it was named, then switches planetary settings to show some of Curiosity's "billions of friends" (or a diverse crowd of them, at least) gathered in a science museum for the party. With its boxlike, six-wheeled body, single arm, and red-lensed camera on a movable stalk, the rover manages to project lots of personality. For readers who are still, well, curious, Schonfeld closes with a page of Mars and Mars rover facts, plus the news that a new rover will be on its way in the near future. With its diminutive trim, the book even recalls a birthday card. A sweet interplanetary message from a narrator who sounds for all the world like a younger version of the one in Markus Motum's more seriously detailed Curiosity (2018). (Picture book. 5-7) Copyright Kirkus 2019 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved.

Publishers Weekly Reviews

"My name is Curiosity, and I live on Mars" begins this picture book narrated by the NASA robot. Curiosity explains that it has been sent to Mars by humans on Earth (who have "never been here before," Schonfeld writes) to explore the planet, reporting back every day to "tell them what I've learned and send them pictures of what I've seen." On the day the book chronicles, the one-year anniversary of the rover's arrival on Mars, Curiosity sends a special message: "It's my birthday!" Ross's depiction of Curiosity and the planet's landscape—a hardy robot living among dust clouds and hills—are inviting, with notable soft edges and warm oranges and yellows. Imparting a message about connection and friendship regardless of distance (the robot even sends a selfie), the personified robot then broadens focus from celebrating its birthday to highlighting the importance of curiosity. The shift from Curiosity the character to curiosity the concept feels sudden (a single page turn tackles the topic, another lands readers on Earth), but the pleasingly sized volume's message of resilience and community across space is winning. Back matter provides additional information about Mars and other NASA rovers. Ages 5–8. (June)