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Rodney Rat is a small rodent who can’t say his r’s. No matter how hard he tries, they come out sounding like w’s.
Despite this, Rodney is a happy fellow. In Wodney Wat’s Wobot (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2011) by Helen Lester and Lynn Munsinger, Rodney likes going to school, has good friends, and for his birthday, he gets a wonderful wobot.
I mean a ronderful robot. Or a wonderful robot. Whatever.
When Rodney pushes a button on the robot’s nose and speaks, the robot repeats what Rodney says … but the robot pronounces all the letters correctly.
Rodney is thrilled. He takes the robot to school with him where it’s very helpful when Rodney wants to order ribs and rice for lunch.
But then, Camilla Capybara, the biggest and meanest rodent around, comes back to school and resumes her reign of terror. Just at that time, the batteries in Rodney’s wonderful robot start to fade.
And, somehow, without meaning to, Rodney finds the one thing that Camilla is scared of.
Will it be enough to save the day?
Let’s hear from today’s guest reviewer, Ben!
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Today’s reviewer: Ben
Age: Just turned 5.
I like: Candy, having soccer practice, super heroes.
This book was about: A robot.
The best part was when: Rodney had a birthday cake made out of cheese on the first page.
I laughed when: Camilla teased Rodney with her tongue out.
I was worried when: The robot ran out of batteries.
I was surprised that: Camilla the Capybara came back!
This book taught me: Not to tease people and to be nice.
Other kids reading this book should watch for: Camilla. Because she was teasing and sticking her tongue out.
Three words that best describe this book: “Rodney.” “Robot.” “Worried.”
My favorite line or phrase in this book: “Nananana na na. someone’s got a stutter.” and “Something’s wrong with my wobot.”
You should read this book because: Of the robot. And because Camilla is mean.
If you’d like to learn more about author Helen Lester, you can read this interview. (My favorite quote from it is, “I don’t think the thrill of turning a page to see what happens next will ever go out of style.”) Or, you can visit Helen’s website.
If you’d like to learn more about illustrator Lynn Munsinger, check out this Add a Comment
Ben Powis' unique style has a Tim Burton type of atmosphere to it with similar Burton style hints of humor slipped in here and there. Ben has somehow managed to create illustrations that are spooky but yet inviting. Your actually drawn into Ben's illustrations - feeling more like a participant not merely a viewer.
Ben writes and illustrates awesome mobile graphic novels that you can download and read on your iPhone and iPod Touch. He currently has two available, Turtle Guitar is available free, and, Where Grows The Bitter Herb can be downloaded for as little as $0.99 on iTunes.
Not only will you want to fan Ben Powis' Facebook page. You'll to want to bookmark his website, Ben Powis Illustration and follow his blog, Lost in the Woods - just to keep up-to-date on his mobile graphic novels if for nothing else.
Have you downloaded his graphic novels yet? They're fantastic! What did you think about them?
Having just returned from eight days in England, I was slightly at a loss about what to feature in my weekly post this afternoon. But an item in today’s news caught my attention and got me thinking about geography. According to the 2008 Farm Bill that the U.S. Congress just passed this summer, all unprocessed meat, produce, as well as selected nuts will have to be labeled with their country of origin beginning next Tuesday, September 30. Touted as a safety measure to help American consumers make informed decisions about their food purchases, I wonder if it will do anything to improve our geographic literacy. Are we just a nation of shoppers looking for a bargain and familiar brands, or are we prepared to educate ourselves about how and where the things we eat are raised, grown, fertilized, or slaughtered? Although symbols and flags have not been deemed permissible labels (personally, I think small silhouettes of each country would be truly—pun intended—COOL), I’m of the belief that such abbreviations might actually force us to learn even more than we will from the names of countries alone. Just think of all the moms and dads pushing their inquisitive children around grocery stores in Maine or California. What questions might they ask upon spotting a piece of fruit bearing the image of Chile’s long, sinuous outline, or a package of peanuts stickered with the vaguely Pac-Man-esque shape of Senegal?
A lot of canned tuna is from the Seychelles; that would be hard to recognize!
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Ben said, on 9/24/2008 10:41:00 AM
Not only would the Seychelles be hard to recognize in silhouette, they would be hard to print on a can of tuna!
Desperately trying to keep the Taxman at bay for a few more hours, I wound up at my favorite Monday night watering hole with a few friends last night, earnestly discussing the summer foods we enjoyed most. After listening to everyone’s peculiar arguments I found myself championing the mango as the perfect fruit for warmer days ahead. And yet as I tried to explain its versatility as an ingredient and its unrivaled popularity (the National Mango Board claims that more fresh mangos are eaten every day than any other fruit in the world), I realized that I knew precious little about its geographical origins.
As it turns out, this succulent relative of the cashew and the pistachio has been consumed in India for thousands of years, although it didn’t reach the United States until the late nineteenth century. Pinpointing the location of the first mango, when there are hundreds of varieties of the plant today, is not something I wanted to undertake but fortunately others had already agreed on the higher terrain forming the border between India and Burma (Myanmar). Running north-south, the evergreen-clad Chin Hills stretch across much of this tropical zone, and may hide an ancient progenitor in their forested slopes.
Earlier this month a new crime caper opened in theaters across the country with a rather unusual setting. Instead of a menacing metropolis teeming with villains and oozing with urban grit and gloom, director Martin McDonagh chose to shoot his film in the medieval Belgian city that appears in the title: Bruges. (more…)
Mark Peters, the genius behind the blog Wordlustitude in addition to being a Contributing Editor for Verbatim: The Language Quarterly, a language columnist for Babble, and a blogger for Psychology Today, is our guest blogger this week. Below Peters encourages us to make old words hip again.
Did you hear about the nude pictures of Lindsay Lohan and Roger Clemens drinking a human growth hormone/grain alcohol smoothie?
You have? Then let me tell you what my brother’s nanny has been up to with your father’s mechanic in the gazebo. (more…)
Rodney Rat is a small rodent who can’t say his r’s. No matter how hard he tries, they come out sounding like w’s.
Ben Keene is the editor of 
Oh I love this drawing, so personal and beautiful.
Thanks for posting.