A Day with Wilbur Robinson

Infobox Book |
name = A Day with Wilbur Robinson


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author = William Joyce
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Children's picture book
publisher = HarperTrophy
release_date = 1990
media_type = Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
pages = 29 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-06-443339-0
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"A Day with Wilbur Robinson" is a 1990 children's picture book (slightly expanded for a 2006 reissue) written and illustrated by William Joyce. A film adaptation called "Meet the Robinsons" was released by Walt Disney Pictures in 2007 in the United States.

Plot summary

"A Day With Wilbur Robinson" follows the story of a boy (13 years old) who visits an unusual family and their home. While spending the day in the Robinson household, Wilbur's best friend joins in the search for Grandfather Robinson's missing false teeth and meets one wacky relative after another, and another and another.

The film adaptation, "Meet the Robinsons", tells the story of Wilbur Robinson, an energetic and cocky teen who travels back from the future. He does so to convince an orphaned genius named Lewis not to give up on his first important invention, the memory scanner, which is in danger of being hijacked by a mysterious villain known only as the "Bowler Hat Guy". Bowler Hat Guy is followed by, and takes orders from, Doris, a mechanical hat from the future which helps, or makes, Bowler Hat Guy obey it.

The film contains a scene in the second act that follows the plot of the original book closely, summarized in the paragraph above, while the rest of story is built upon for the film itself, he immediately finds himself to the future to find out his mistakes from the past.

Publication data

*"A Day with Wilbur Robinson" (HarperTrophy reprint edition, September 30, 1993) ISBN-10 0064433390; ISBN-13 978-0064433396
*"A Day with Wilbur Robinson" (Laura Geringer, August 22, 2006) ISBN-10 0060890983; ISBN-13 978-0060890988