Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. The Uranium Unicorns From Uranus

My son loves this book series.

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 9 year-old third grader has been looking for "chapter" books within his reading level. He is very interested in his older brothers old books but is not yet ready (Diary of a Wimpy kid, Captain Underpants etc.). These were recommended to me by a friend and I decided to give them a try. I went on AR finder and checked the reading level and immediately ordered a few. He has not put these books down since they arrived. He is your typical boy- loves the outdoors, trucks, video games and so on. He was so excited that he has been showing extended family members his new chapter books. After reading a few pages he will excitedly tell me different things that are happening in the stories. I love that he can take these to school and take AR quizzes and keep them in our home library to read again later. If you have a 3rd grader that is not yet ready for "chapter" books, you will not be disappointed with these.

My second graders love this book series. Always looking for fun , high interest books the kiddos love.

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.

Our 8 year old LOVES the Mighty Robot series! Our only problem is the binding- the books tend to fall apart, a page slips out...then another...then you have a frustrated 8 year old. We have the entire series and it has happened with nearly every book. BUT, we LOVE the stories!

My grandkids love books by this author. I bought first 7 books of the series for their Christmas present. The illustration in the books are colorful and wording is easy to read. I look forward to buying other titles.

My kids get so excited each time we get a new one in the series. The messages of these books are always great - kind and empowering for children. The humor is sweet - gives parents a chuckle and it's just the right thing to see your child explode with laughter. My kindergartener (and now first grader) is able to read quite a bit of it on his own as well, and they love to just look at them on their own. These are just perfect.

My son is 11, and has truly struggled with reading. His autism tends to shine more with numbers than words, and his teachers haven't always had the time or patience to work with him one-on-one. Now that he's in a new school and community class, with full support, he's beginning to catch on...BUT, it's not always easy to find easy-reading books that are also engaging enough to keep his interest. The Ricky Ricotta books are just that. He loves reading them to his dad and I, as well as really, deeply studying the illustrations for story details. His teacher loves that he brings them to school, too. These books have honestly been a sanity-saver for all of us.

Just great.So hard to find chapter bootfor a young reader that are not too long plus fun and not rude, this series is just the one, our kids has read them all and reread them regularly his older sisters borrowed it a few times

I have not read this book but recommend it nonetheless as it is one of the first books that my 10 year old has ever actually wanted to read. Reading is a big chore for him - he hates it, and I find this so depressing cos I have made the effort to have so many different books available over the years.But he actually likes this series! He wants them all, but some of the prices on Amazon are silly, so we just got 2, and he read them straight away and had finished both within the hour.

My son who loves learning about the universe loves that all these books have aliens from a different planet in our solar system.

excellent