Me and My Robot (Penguin Young Readers, Level 2)

My 4 year old son is a little robot obsessed. His two sisters (2 and 5) are not. Finding simple books with "friendly" robot pictures that I could read to them all, was harder than I thought it would be. This one hits the spot, the robot is not scary, the text is funny and engaging and all my children enjoy it. It is very short, with repetitive text, perfect for the kids who are learning to read, but still enjoyable enough for me to read out loud.

My six year old who has just finished a beginning reader course loved this book. It has repetitive phrases and a fairly simple vocabulary. The pictures support the text quite well and there are only one or two short sentences per page. The book does not have a word list but it was easy to create one of my own. The most difficult words for my son were: friends, right and Lucy. The story is very cute and had my son laughing at the crazy robot. Reese and the Robot are very kind to their friend Lucy so we were able to discuss helping our own friends. The illustrations are whimsical and capture the children's emotions quite well.