ISBN: 9781534452176
Editorial: Aladdin
Autor: Lerner, Jarrett
Año de edición: 2020
N° Paginas: 80
Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
Descripción: Amelia Bedelia meets James Patterson’s House of Robots series in the adventures of Geeger, a robot who goes to school for the very first time, in the first story in a new, fun-to-read Aladdin QUIX chapter book series that’s perfect for emerging readers!Geeger the Robot is going to school. But not robot school…a school with kids, the human kind! Geeger isn’t used to human ways, and his zany misunderstandings and overly literal responses to instructions lead to quite a few mishaps. He’s starting to wonder if he can even make it until snack time! Will a bot made of wires, nuts, and bolts fit in with a classroom of kids?From School Library JournalK-Gr 2-Science fiction and school humor are combined in this new, early chapter book series. Geeger, an earnest young robot, consumes spoiled food. He converts the waste into electricity to power the town of Amblerville. The book does not question the enormous amount of wasted food in our agricultural and retail systems, but it does wonder what would happen if the waste-munching robot got lonely. And so Geeger attends school, where he mistakes the teacher's globe for a giant moldy fruit and almost eats a jump rope at recess. The stakes could not be lower and tension remains minimal. Geeger briefly loses his backpack and finds it again. He frets about making friends, and a girl introduces herself before he sets foot in the building. The teacher proves unfailingly patient, even when he eats her classroom tools. The book, like Geeger, has a goofy amiability but never becomes riotously funny; the illustrations reflect the written content, rather than introduce any amusing or insightful visual disconnect. The QUIX books aim to distinguish themselves from competitor Scholastic Branches by offering text features such as a glossary and questions about the story. The brief glossary definitions are clear, and the defined words are bolded in the text. But so are character names, some of Geeger's dialogue, and some other words, which dilutes the effect. The questions focus on reading comprehension and text-to-self connections, and will likely be ignored by kids reading for pleasure. VERDICT The booming young chapter book market has space for more sci-fi and an eternal appetite for school stories; this series kickoff will satisfy many burgeoning readers.-Robbin E. Friedman, Chappaqua Lib., NYα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.About the AuthorJarrett Lerner lives with his family in Massachusetts. You can visit him online at JarrettLerner.com and find him on Twitter and Instagram @Jarrett_Lerner.Serge Seidlitz, an English/German hybrid born in Kenya, grew up traveling between the UK and Asia. A steady diet of MTV and Mad magazine fueled his desire to become an illustrator. He combines elements from popular culture with diverse influences to create work that forms an iconic and graphic language. Following his studies in graphic design at Camberwell College of Arts, Serge worked as an in-house designer at Cartoon Network before leaving to focus on illustration.Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.Chapter 1: Meet Geeger
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