Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto

This summer has been largely filled with robot books. Here are a few I enjoyed that were also enjoyed by my 6-year-old tutoring student.


See Otto

The Otto the Robot series is a great one for kids who are ready to read on their own. See Otto was the first book my 6-year-old tutoring student was willing to read without my help, and the subsequent books in the series have always been treats. I love the bold, clear illustrations in these books, and the repetition of a cast of quite irresistible characters. Also appreciated is the fact that each book is so different in plot from the other, yet the vocabulary remains manageable.


Hello, Robots
Inspired by the wild success of Otto, I checked out the book Hello, Robots. This is a great book to read even to a child who can identify no words, because the robots names are each printed in the color of their bodies. Thus, whenever a green word pops, up, the child knows to call out the green robot’s name (certainly a good lesson in the importance of characters). In the course of the book, the robots’ bodies get mixed up, which exposes kids to the concepts of rhyming words and changing word endings.

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So I begin

I'm writing this on the eve of my first day of grad school at Seattle University... I'm feeling pretty apprehensive, but I'm thrilled. I can't imagine being anywhere else at this moment.

I haven't yet decided what I can/should/will have time to include here, but some ideas include:

Book reviews, YA and picture books
Classroom resources
Reflections? Although I don't necessarily feel appropriate putting those on a public forum...

So hello again... I hope I can hold your attention this time!

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