Peter Brown is the author of "The Wild Robot," which was turned into an Oscar-nominated movie. My 7-year-old son is obsessed with both the movie and the book and wanted to interview Brown.

Peter Brown was in Manhattan’s meatpacking district in 2002 when he noticed a few hardy branches dangling from a dingy overpass near Gansevoort Street. “I thought, That’s strange,” Brown said.

Peter Brown stripped down his original 'Wild Robot' story for beginning readers, keeping the underlying message about a man-made device that learns how to care for others.

Brown released the first book in 2016 through Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, followed by its sequels, 2018’s The Wild Robot Escapes and 2023’s The Wild Robot Protects.

Adapted from author Peter Brown's 2016 children's book of the same name, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation's "The Wild Robot" offers some of the most exquisite character designs and ...