Robonocchio

Babel Library

Babel Library books feature the same text at the same place in two languages on facing pages. The reader can read the language he is trying to learn, but when he loses his place, he can look to the exact same spot on the opposite page written in English.

Without resorting to a dictionary, the needed word or phrase is there and he can speedily move on. It's simple, it's efficient, it's entertaining.

Robonocchio is the classic Collodi tale recast in modern terms : a robot boy, built for an amusement park owned by the evil conglomerate Amalgamated Behemoth, is brought to life by a whimsical blue alien.

He and his designer must escape from the villains'evil clutches.