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Wodney Wat's Wobot (2011)

by Helen Lester(Favorite Author)

3.43 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0547367562 (ISBN13: 9780547367569)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

HMH Books for Young Readers

review 1: I didn't expect this book to deliver because of how cute the illustrations first appeared - I set it aside without starting because of this. Turned out to be fun reading. The depiction of the main rodent-character's struggle with his Rs, the entrance of a speech-correcting robot for his birthday, and a bully of a capybara together create enough tension, conflict and verbal gags to make this story work.
review 2: When Rodney Rat receives a talking robot for his birthday, he is delighted to find that it can easily pronounce the letter r with which he struggles. The robot is a huge hit with his classmates too until Camilla Capybara returns to school from a stay out West. Not only does the "World's Meanest Rodent" (unpaginated), bully the other students and the t... moreeacher, Miss Fuzzleworth, but she picks on Rodney when his robot quits working, and his stutter becomes obvious. But the funny sounds it starts to make as its battery runs down remind Camilla of the animals that most frighten her, and she ends up leaving once again. Although Camilla is not very nice since she picks on the others, the author makes sure to include a scene in which she is the only one who figures out what's wrong with the robot. The illustrations are filled with details that bring these rodents and their teacher to life. I simply love Miss Fuzzleworth with her cat's eye glasses perched across her face. less

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