Wendel and the Robots

by Chris Riddell

Overview

Wendel is a very clever mouse—but not a very tidy one. If his inventions go wrong, Wendel just throws them away and starts again. So when Clunk, his robot assistant, fills the sock drawer with cups and saucers and makes tea in a boot, Wendel throws him on the scrapheap and makes himself a new assistant: the Wendelbot. But he gets more than he bargained for, and soon Wendel finds himself on the scrapheap. Can he win back his workshop from the mighty Wendelbot? Let the robot battle commence! Wendel and the Robots is a wonderfully funny, action-packed story full of surprises and extraordinary inventions, and with a subtle environmental message.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529017540
Publisher:	Pan Macmillan
Publication date:	01/01/2020
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.25(w) x 11.75(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Chris Riddell was the 2015-2017 UK Children's Laureate. He is the author of the Ottoline series, the Goth Girl series, The Emperor of Absurdia, and, with Paul Stewart, the Muddle Earth books, the Scavenger series, and the Blobheads series. He recently partnered with Neil Gaiman on Art Matters.

Editorial Reviews

"The appealing illustrations and cute storyline make for a pleasant diversion for independent readers and a strong selection for classroom read-alouds." —School Library Journal, April 2016 issue. 

From the Publisher

04/01/2016
Gr 1–3—Wendel the mouse is so busy inventing that he doesn't always clean up after himself. His logical solution is to invent a tidying robot he names Clunk. Unfortunately, Wendel's inventions don't always work as well as they should, as readers see from Clunk's well-intended attempt at storing the teacups in the sock drawer. Clunk is sent to the scrap heap as Wendel invents the second iteration: Wendelbot. The problem is that Wendelbot is so filled with a red-eyed, single-minded tidying purpose that Wendel finds himself added to the scrap heap right next to Clunk. Now, Wendelbot seems poised for world domination! Wendel must figure out a way to stop him. Maybe Clunk and all of the discarded pieces and parts in the scrap heap aren't so useless after all. In this charming rerelease of 2010's Wendel's Workshop, UK Children's Laureate Riddell reminds readers that they shouldn't be so quick to discard that which is flawed. VERDICT The appealing illustrations and cute story line make for a pleasant diversion for independent readers and a strong selection for classroom read-alouds.—Alyssa Annico, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH

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