I think this is the proper place to ask this kind of question.
If not, then a moderator is welcome to move it.
In reading the thread about Scot Christopher’s Tripod trilogy, I suddenly remembered the series by Eleanor Cameron about ‘The Mushroom Planet’.
That series was a lot of fun to read to my children of so many years ago.
I also recall a fantasy/SF story about a little robot who was thought by some kids in the story to be a Scottish knight because he came in a crate entitled ‘MacHinery’. There was magic involved.
My Google-Fu has failed me on this and I am asking for assistance from the board at large.
This isn’t much to go by, but I knew that if an answer is to be found, this is the place to seek it.