And The Robot Went...(review #2), written by Michelle Robinson, reviewed by Klaudia Janek

Student Reviewer: Vidhyalakshmi V.
Summary: This book starts with a curious fox that looked in a box. The story starts when the fox hears the sound “boooo” from the robot that existed in the box. The tinkering of the nosy fox commenced the chain of the introduction of other creatures. The initiation of each character comes with a new modification to the robot that the fox found in the box. Each thing the character does results in the robot making new, unique, mechanical sounds such as “Clang!” and “Click!” Soon, a small white child shows up and quickly takes charge. She orders around all the creatures to build up the unfinished robot. After a whole lot of yelling from the child of “Twist the screw, Blue Gnu!” and “Turn the dial, Crocodile!” The robot was finally complete following the chaos and the grateful robot “...went.”

Straight Talk for Librarians: This book is a good introduction to starting elementary level readers. It gives an opportunity for emerging readers to get into and involve themselves in books. The rhythmic tale with a Wicked Witch who “flicked a switch,” and the Eager Beaver “pulled the lever” gives the youth a sensational listen and experience out of it. However, the book is slightly lengthy for younger readers to read on their own thus making this the perfect story-time and classroom-read book. This book can easily be understood by young emerging readers as the conclusion is confusion-free and easy to follow along. The bright color and illustration will also keep young readers engaged by creating happy emotions depicted by the bright coloring to create great results from the read. Ruzzier’s illustrations answer the chaotic situations by livening the imaginations of emerging readers. Adult readers will gain great adoration from the unique uses of mechanical sounds that create a robot melody to entertain the young audience. This book makes for a good addition to any library with a large audience of young emerging readers due to the beneficial rhyming theme to help the youth develop their reading skills while connecting lively images to make it an enjoyable read.