From the Publisher
“. . .offbeat and clever. . . With pages filled with animals and robots, this tale will certainly appeal to kids. . . .” Kirkus Reviews
“A delightful story of friendship and teamwork.” Dori Hillestad Butler, Theodore Geisel Honor Award for King & Kayla and the Case of the Missing Dog Treats, and Edgar award for The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost Boy
“Charming. . .Pattison’s storytelling skills give readers a look into the give-and-take of friendship.” Carla Killough McClafferty, author of The Many Faces of George Washington
“What’s WONKY? The heart-warming story of an unlikely friendship between Robot Club partners, told in Darcy Pattison’s classic, charming voice. WONKY is a good reminder that friendships are often found with a heart that’s open to the unexpected.” Lynn Rowe Reed, illustrator of Punctuation Takes a Vacation
"WONKY is a delightful mixture of a story about new friends and a robot club--honestly, what could be more fun? I adored Howie and Lincoln, Darcy Pattison's endearing animal characters, and Nathaniel Gold's colorful illustrations just pop off the page!" Monica Clark-Robinson, author of Let the Children March
Kirkus Reviews
2018-06-20
A turtle and an ostrich learn to accommodate each other's ideas while working on a project in this picture book.
When turtle Howie fails to find a partner in the after-school robot club, he pretends it doesn't bother him. But suddenly in pops an ostrich student, Lincoln, who has just moved from East Africa. The teacher pairs them together, and the two soon realize that while they both know a lot about robots, they have very different concepts about what one should look like. "That's wonky!" becomes a refrain as the pair shows new and different—and bizarre—ideas. Once they put their heads together to decide on the robot's purpose, they come up with a perfect design. When the teacher says it's a little wonky, Howie explains to Lincoln that the word might mean weird, but it also signifies wonderful. The partners decide that they are wonky friends. In her offbeat and clever story, Pattison (Clang, 2017) uses approachable vocabulary without ever dumbing down her characters' ideas. Gold's (Too Much TV Rots Your Brain, 2017) ink-and-watercolor illustrations have strong lines and sometimes-splotchy paint for a stylized effect that's a bit wonky, making it a perfect fit.
With pages filled with animals and robots, this tale will certainly appeal to kids; the story of friendship conquering first-day-of-school jitters remains a bonus.