R&C gets mentioned (and praise!) at the Bologna Children's Book Fair

Over the last few months, R&C has worked closely with Pearson and author Stuart J. Murphy to bring 8 supplemental animated stories and 16 digital Story Sort games to schools everywhere on DVD.

Last week, Stuart traveled to Italy to speak at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in front of large groups to discuss best practices and writing for digital content for kids. He spoke about both his printed and digital books, and showed off some of the digital products we had produced, making specific mention of Robots and Cupcakes several times.

Stuart demonstrated the illustrations, icons and graphs from his books, and showed off the story animation “Write On, Carlos!” (which is one of our favorites!). He was given great feedback on the animations and songs performed in them… and of course, everyone loved the green pet dog named Pickle. (Especially his singing part!)

Thank you, Stuart!!! 

Stuart J. Murphy is a visual learning specialist, author and consultant. He is the author of the award-winning MathStart series, which includes a total of 63 children’s books that present mathematical concepts in the context of stories for Pre-K through Grade 4.  He is also the author of Stuart J. Murphy’s I SEE I LEARN, a 16-book series of storybooks for children in Pre-K, Kindergarten, and Grade 1 that focus on social, emotional, health and safety, and cognitive skills. The series is also being published as Stuart J. Murphy’s I SEE I LEARN at School by Pearson Education. Stuart is on the authorship team of a number of mathematics programs published by Pearson Education. These include enVisionMATH, digits, and Pearson Prentice Hall High School Mathematics.


R&C completes digital products for Pearson's "I See I Learn" DVD

Coming soon to a classroom near you...

Robots and Cupcakes has just completed 8 animations and 16 digital games for Pearson's “I See I Learn” book series by Stuart J. Murphy! They’ll be available on DVD for classrooms, along with digital versions of Stuart’s 16 main storybooks.

The animations are supplemental stories to the main storybooks; After the kids read the stories, the animations have a similar storyline that refer back to the icons, graphs, and lessons learned in the books. R&C handled the storyboarding, art direction, music and voiceovers, animations and video production.

R&C additionally built 16 “Story Sort” digital games in HTML which are played from the DVD, one game for each of Stuart’s books. The children pull the images from each of the stories from memory into the correct order. Lots of sounds and rewards with wonderful design!


Here’s the announcement of the products:

These will also be shown at this year’s Educational conferences, so be on the lookout for a sneak peek!

Robots and Cupcakes is THREE!

Haaaappy Birthdaaaay, dear Teeeaaaaammmmm…..

What a family we've grown into! We have a triple-threat production team, we have designers and animators singing together in harmony, and a development team that never seems to flinch. The year brought us tons of growth in new and exciting areas (just when we thought we had covered them all!), and technology in education is finally beginning to take more of a solid shape. Publishers are gaining more experience as they stick with a small, but strong handful of technologies, and they're growing bolder in how far out they want to push their products to make them different. Competition is stiffer than ever, and uber-creativity has been the key!

That's where the team at Robots and Cupcakes has been at it's best. Thinking from outside education and bringing it in, and applying and defining new ways of thinking to the educational market. Developing, designing and adding different ways to interact. Pushing the limits of seamless code to cover any digital platform. Building activities in new and creative ways that still stay true to the standards of education. ...And the positive responses and praise we've received makes us even more excited about reaching further!

Here's our updated list of services for this year!
• FULL whiteboard development from beginning to end: Using Notebook and ActiveInspire, Flash and HTML, as well as customizable code

• HTML online websites for student and teacher books: Lessons, activities and ebooks, created with responsive design to cover online or mobile platforms, as well as mobile-specific sites

• Storyboarding, character design and full animation for lessons and stories in any format

• Music composition and Voiceover artistry (all styles and ages available!)

• Storybooks and activity apps for all mobile devices built in IOS, Android and iBook applications

• Searchable, interactive Flash or HTML catalogs

• Rebranding, logos, icons

• And of course, we're STILL popular for our original expertise: Print Production for any type of product—brochures and marketing materials, trade books, educational products of any type—we've done it all!


We also officially offer EDITORIAL SERVICES to deliver FULL SERVICE on projects through our partnership with TSI GRAPHICS! We've already completed a number of large, extremely successful projects together, and we look forward to even more growth as a team!

We're currently in the middle of revising our website to bring you all the different types of work we've accomplished. Stay tuned...

The Robots and Cupcakes Team


R&C is now an Elite-accredited Notebook Developer


Robots and Cupcakes has just been added to a very small list of companies with Elite accreditation status from SMART™ Technologies for developing IWB activities!

We’ve been working in SMART’s Notebook software since the day we opened our doors. We’re even often hired directly by SMART™ Technologies to create and deliver lessons and widgets for their Exchange Forum, as well as being asked to help beta test their newest software.

Congratulations, Team!!!

And thank you, SMART™ Technologies: You are ALWAYS a pleasure to work with.

Two new job openings!

We're growing again!!! This time, we're looking to fill two freelance positions:
A project manager and an assistant developer...

These ads can be found on LinkedIn, as well as on our Facebook page:

Robots and Cupcakes is looking to hire a developer on a freelance basis in order to support our lead development staff. Responsibilities will include assisting in the development of HTML5/CSS3 templates and projects. (Other in-house projects involve JavaScript, jQuery, rich media eBooks that are distributed on iOS/Android/Web platforms, and managing distribution methods such as Git/Beanstalk.) Knowledge of the K-12 textbook industry is a plus, but not required. Please submit examples of your recent work to jobs@robotsandcupcakes.com (No calls, please).


Robots and Cupcakes is looking to hire a project manager on a freelance basis for support on both print and digital projects. It is preferred the candidate have a background in Educational Publishing, and while it's a plus to have experience with interactive whiteboard and online and ebook projects, we are willing to train if the person is right. Please submit your resume to jobs@robotsandcupcakes.com (No calls, please).

Good luck!  =D

Is your classroom ready for the Summer Olympics?

Our newest themed Smart lesson is up in the Exchange Forum to get your classroom excited and ready for the upcoming Summer Olympic Games!

This lesson is a BIGGIE. Written for Grades 3-5 (with our friends at TSI!), students will use Geometry, History, Language Arts, Math, Physics and Critical Thinking. Together, you and your students will learn all about the Olympic games of past, present and future, as well as using interactive swimming and javelin games that will keep your students engaged as they learn what it takes to be an athlete!

We've also included a load of audio that talks in even more detail about the history of the Olympic games, as well as some exciting facts about the countries in which they were held.

Check it out– Colorful photos, interactive activities and entertaining ways to learn will keep your classroom buzzing!





For more Notebook lessons by Robots and Cupcakes (made specifically for SMART Technologies), just look here!

AJ's Big Adventure art is halfway there!

We couldn't be more excited about our first iBook with writer and illustrator Phil Jones! Drawings and animation direction is in process...  Stay tuned!


TSI Graphic releases new app with R&C music!


TSI Graphics has just released their first iPad app, an interactive story based on the fable "The Dog and the Bone"!

Robots and Cupcakes created the custom music for this delightful story and its activities. The story also includes adorable narration, touch-and-read words with definitions, and a glossary of terms for help kids understand the new words while reading!

Check it out, now available for $0.99!





To hear a smattering of our music samples, click here!

R&C teams up with Phil Jones!

Aaand, we're BACK!

We've been very busy bees with large projects, both print and digital– as well as some miscellaneous voiceover and animation projects! It's been a wonderful year so far...

And to add the icing on the cupcake, our next original interactive book is schedule to release by fall this year: AJ's Big Adventure!

We're so, SO excited about this book. The story is written and illustrated by Phil Jones (see Phil Jones Illustration), who also did all of the art for our recent iPad app, "The Mixed-Up Wacky Zoo".

AJ's Big Adventure is about a little boy and his furry friends who create a hot air balloon out of a laundry basket and found materials and embark on a big adventure! The illustrations are absolutely beautiful and the scenes are filled with so many creative little details to discover, we can't wait to get it into your hands!

This time, we're building the book in iBooks Author, also using HTML5 and Javascript for added animation and lots of surprises. The music will of course be done by the infamous Rick Hinkle, who will be pumping in the last of the magic into the story...if it will fit!

working cover

Keep checking back for updates and sneak peeks, and also keep an eye on our website as we'll be adding more music, animation and book work very soon!

Robots and Cupcakes is TWO YEARS OLD!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to US!!!

That's RIGHT, we're now in our third year!!! And boy, have we grown...

Our forever-growing list of services:
  • Full development for interactive white boards
  • Print production and design for any type of product
  • Searchable, interactive Flash catalogs
  • HTML5 online books and lessons
  • Storybooks and activity apps for all mobile devices
  • Digital animation from concept through pickups from print
  • Music composition (custom music creation)
  • Voiceover Artistry (all styles)
  • Powerpoint presentations

***And now, iBook development!!!***


We're currently preparing even more samples for our website to share: