Cute with lots of underlying themes-my review of The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Note: I believe this book is best for the lower-end of middle grade readers, 8-9 years old (maybe even as low as 7), perhaps even a good bridge book between chapter books and middle grade.
Robot Roz wakes up on an uninhabited (well, by humans, anyway) island, with no idea how she got there or what she’s supposed to do. As she begins to interact with the animals, she learns important lessons about friendship and what it means to be part of a community. Then, when she adopts an orphaned gosling, she learns the importance of family. Together, Roz and her friends face adventures and dangers, both of nature and of man.
What I liked: Roz is absolutely endearing, in an Iron Giant kind of way. There are many underlying themes, from tolerance to friendship to mother/child relationships to death, great teaching tools for little kids without the in-your-face kind of morals that some books have. Also, the chapters are super short (prepping kids for James Patterson I suppose, LOL) and the illustrations are great making it a great book for reading aloud to smaller kids.
What I did not like: The book felt just a little too long. More than once, I was glad the chapters were so short because I didn’t really see a purpose for that snippet of story. But that was only occasionally.
Cute story for younger middle grade readers.
4 out of 5 stars
Robot Roz wakes up on an uninhabited (well, by humans, anyway) island, with no idea how she got there or what she’s supposed to do. As she begins to interact with the animals, she learns important lessons about friendship and what it means to be part of a community. Then, when she adopts an orphaned gosling, she learns the importance of family. Together, Roz and her friends face adventures and dangers, both of nature and of man.
What I liked: Roz is absolutely endearing, in an Iron Giant kind of way. There are many underlying themes, from tolerance to friendship to mother/child relationships to death, great teaching tools for little kids without the in-your-face kind of morals that some books have. Also, the chapters are super short (prepping kids for James Patterson I suppose, LOL) and the illustrations are great making it a great book for reading aloud to smaller kids.
What I did not like: The book felt just a little too long. More than once, I was glad the chapters were so short because I didn’t really see a purpose for that snippet of story. But that was only occasionally.
Cute story for younger middle grade readers.
4 out of 5 stars
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