Ancillary Narrative 1

Parent Micro Story
Volta

Medium: Mobile Children's Book

In this book an orphan girl named Rosi is adopted and given a robot dog named Bark-E as a gift. One day Rosi and her new family go on an outing but a storm hits and Bark-E has ventured too far for the family to wait for him. They had to leave him behind. Rosi is distraught over leaving Bark-E behind so she decides to go out on her own to get him back. Along the way she encounters a little boy named Max who is also lonely so Max ends up tagging along with Rosi on her mission. When night came they were able to find their way due to a strange orange light in the forest as they approached the light it grew softer and softer until they saw Bark-E trapped in mud. They get him cleaned up and take him back home. Rosi, Max, and Bark-E are now best friends that go on fantastic adventures together.

Target Audience
children 4-10 boys and girls, also their parents. This would be a great entry point for children and their parents, especially if the parents had never been exposed to the world of Automata.