Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Unpleasant Penguins from Pluto (Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot #9) (9)

And I like them too. I learned about this series when visiting family and saw that my 6 yr old grandson had two (of the 9) books in the series. His mother liked them as they didn't have offensive words (like fart and poop and snot and other stuff that so many young people's books seem to have these days. It is male-centered in a world (it seems) of books geared to girls these days -- and the male-figure ones are outlandish in wording and bodily-function jokes. The main character is a boy mouse and the adventures are fun for young boys who want to be a hero of sorts in a simple life. The Mighty Robot is the hero but his owner is 'the little boy mouse'. Fun for adults to read out loud and many simple words so young readers can want to read them too. At first my grandson was disappointed that the 'new' books were a reprint edition of the ones he had but then he realized that the pages were thicker, the graphics cooler and now he wants new books of the two he already had (which he found a a used books store/thrift store). Even the older edition books he read at the library had torn pages (thin newsprint pages). So he agreed the new books would work out just fine. He was super surprised that his grandmother was able to find all the books he was missing (the other 7) and they arrived a few days into her trip - lots of time left to read them all.

My visually challenged child can read the words, and it’s a chapter book.I’m so glad the author spells the words correctly. Mr. Pilkey, if you ever read this, I want you to know that my kid reads your books and loves them. I appreciate that the words are big enough for a child who is legally blind to read, but would appreciate it if he would recognize that kids his age who only read Pilkey books eventually become horrible spellers.

My sons read this entire 9 book series in 4 days. They loved it!! It’s a perfect intro to chapter books for a fluent reader. (My boys read at level M and level H at school). The stories engaged them both and they devoured them and traded them back and forth to finish as soon as they could. It’s hard to find good chapter books that interest boys without bathroom humor ruining them. So glad we found these. Buy immediately!!

My son LOVES all of the Ricky Ricotta Mighty Robot books. He pre-ordered this one with his allowance. As always, he can't put it down. He usually finishes the book on the first day, and this one was no different. Re-reading all week long. Love that there is a book sereies that holds his interest for so long!

This is a GREAT book series for students who struggle in reading. They become so willing to work on reading these books! I own ten copies of each book in the series. Wonderful entry books into reading!

Our 4 yo really loves reading this series and has read it several times and even brought it to school to share and trade with class mates. Any book that makes our kids read on their own is worth the price of admission. The story is silly and immature but that's what kids love. My son has rad the entire series already.

This is at a perfect reading level for my advanced 1st grader. While he reads ahead of grade level, he has the stamina of a first grader, so the Ricky Ricotta books are a perfect balance of challenging text and pictures.

Perfect for younger boys. We need more books in the series though!

Great books for beginning readers. There are great pictures and not too much to read on each page which is why my son was interested in reading them. I would highly recommend for readers not too interested in reading longer novels yet as they are easy to read and engaging at the same time.

Great kids book, this was breathlessly received by my five and seven year old boys for bedtime story and gave us a few evenings of action packed fun, I’m pretty sure we have all these books and we’d buy more if they were available.

i loved this book they shold make more and more sooo funny i wonder when they will make no.10 also should make movie of it

Kids like it.

Have all 9 books now and the kids are asking "Will there be a 10th book?"