Peter Brown, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling middle grade book, tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview that he plans to take the titular robot Roz on plenty more adventures.

Based on Peter Brown’s bestselling middle-grade novel, Wild Robot centers on Roz (voiced by Lupita Nyong’o), a robot marooned on a jungle-y island, as she meets an assortment of colorful ...

Learn more. Midcoast author Peter Brown says he was thrilled to hear that the film “The Wild Robot,” inspired by his book, got three Oscar nominations Thursday. But he wasn’t surprised.