A Day with Wilbur Robinson is a 1990 children's picture book

Children's literature

Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...

 (slightly expanded for a 2006 reissue) written and illustrated by William Joyce

William Joyce (writer)

William Joyce is an American author, illustrator, and filmmaker. Newsweek has called him one of the top 100 people to watch in the new millennium. His illustrations have appeared on numerous New Yorker covers and his paintings are displayed at national museums and art galleries. He lives with his...

. A film adaptation called Meet the Robinsons

Meet the Robinsons

Meet the Robinsons is a 2007 American computer-animated family film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures on March 30, 2007. The forty-seventh animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics, the film was released in both the United States and the...

was released by Walt Disney Pictures

Walt Disney Pictures

Walt Disney Pictures is an American film studio owned by The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Pictures and Television, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Studios and the main production company for live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, based at the Walt Disney...

 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.

Characters

• Wilbur Robinson is a 13 year old boy who, with his friend, searches his home for Grandfather Robinsons teeth. in the process Wilbur makes Lewis meet his family.
• Lewis is Wilbur Robinson's 12 year old best friend. He visits the home of his best friend and spends all day there. He joins in the search for Grandfather Robinson's missing false teeth and meets all the Robinson relatives.

Film adaptation

Walt Disney Animation Studios released on March 30, 2007 a 3-D computer-animated film adaptation Meet the Robinsons

Meet the Robinsons

Meet the Robinsons is a 2007 American computer-animated family film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures on March 30, 2007. The forty-seventh animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics, the film was released in both the United States and the...

, directed by Stephen J. Anderson

Stephen J. Anderson

Stephen John Anderson is an American animator, film director, screenwriter and voice actor who made his feature-film directorial debut with Meet The Robinsons. Anderson joined Walt Disney Feature Animation in 1995 as a story artist on Tarzan. Prior to joining Disney, Anderson worked as an animator...

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Differences from the book

The film contains a scene in the second act that follows the plot of the original book closely, while the rest of story was built for the film itself.

In the film, the elementary school Lewis attends is named as a tribute to the author, William Joyce. It is switched around to Joyce Williams Elementary School.

Publication data

• A Day with Wilbur Robinson (HarperTrophy reprint edition, September 30, 1993) ISBN 0-06-443339-0; ISBN 978-0-06-443339-6
• A Day with Wilbur Robinson (Laura Geringer, August 22, 2006) ISBN 0-06-089098-3; ISBN 978-0-06-089098-8