Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot Collection. Box Set Books 1 4

Customer Reviews

Wish there were more

2008-09-14
Although they might seem geared toward boys, my 7 year-old daughter tore through these books. To her, they're laugh-out-loud funny. A good choice for reluctant or developing readers. The biggest problem is the author ended the series a bit earlier. The back of the books list two new books "coming soon" but that was 3 years ago and his web-site doesn't list them.

More wholesome than Capt Underpants

2008-09-02
We love Dave Pilkey - and this is a kinder and gentler series of book compared to Capt. Underpants. If Capt Underpants was just a bit too "potty humor" for you, or the reading level was a tad above your child - then Ricky Ricotta is right up your alley. The stories are not so "potty" oriented, and thus a bit more wholesome. The word selection is a bit easier and the chapters a bit shorter than Capt Underpants, so it is a good choice for the early chapter book reader. The stories are not exactly fascinating to me, but they are funny enough, and with enough "action" to keep the interest of my 7 year old son. I think this is most appropriate for 1st-2nd grade. The next step up in difficulty would be Capt. Underpants.

Mighty Robot Collection

2008-07-21
My 7yr old son borrowed the first book in this series from the school library and it was the first book he had borrowed that he read all of it and loved it. So I then wanted to hunt them down for him as he is not an avid reader and these books really grabbed his attention. I highly recommend them for any young reader who can just read chapter books as this will boost there reading and interest. Also Amazon came through again with being the only carrier of the whole set at such an amazing price. Thanks.Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot Adventures

My 8-year old son loved them

2008-05-29
I bought this set for my 8-year old son. I believe they were a little too easy to read for him because he finished all four in two days (just reading at bedtime). He must have enjoyed them because I would hear him laughing while he was reading.

Mecha Monkeys?

2008-05-08
My son loves all the Dav Pilkey books. This box set was less expensive than the mall book store. It arrived in a timely manner. He was so excited to receive a package in the mail. Our only concern (and it has nothing to do with Amazon, or the seller) is that the books are cheaply made and the pages fall out after a few read-throughs. But the kids don't mind the tape as long as the pages are in the right order.

Good content, bad binding

2007-01-09

Enter a galaxy of fun and discover how Ricky befriends the Mighty Robot for the first time, before battling such sinister spacemonsters as Mercurian Mosquitoes, Vultures from Venus, and Martian Mecha-Monkeys! Each early chapter book has action-packed Flip-O-Rama and instructions on how to draw each character! Also includes a cool sticker sheet featuring Ricky, his Robot, and all the bad guys! It's a collection that's truly out of this world! "Pilkey fans, science-fiction aficionados, and reluctant readers won't want to miss [this series]."--SLJ

My son's first self-read chapter books!

2006-12-20
My first glance at Ricky Ricotta led me to dismiss these as less-fun items in Dav Pilkey's enormous backlist (he's the author of the humungously fun and kid popular series Captain Underpants, as well as dozens of other titles like Dumb Bunny, Dogzilla, Dragon, etc...) That's not what my kids thought! I was shocked to see my son Ben (age 6) alone on his bed reading Ricky Ricotta all by himself - to himself! It was the first time he ever just sat and read a chapter book by himself. My son loves super heroes and watches shows like Ben10 (about a boy who can become a bunch of alien superheroes). It's that age old subconscious tension between feeling the powerlessness of being a small minor with wanting the world-shifting power they see in adults. Ricky Ricotta is about a little mouse boy who comes into possession (well - maybe it's control over - or maybe just close friendship with...) a super giant powerful robot. They have adventures that involve fighting evil enemies and saving the world. It's handled in a light funny way - like Captain Underpants' style - but without the major scatalogical focus. It's right on the money and little Ben quickly devoured these. Then he read them to his little 3 year old sister. She didn't sit still for all of it (what 3 year old ever sits still for anything?) but she clearly enjoyed them too. I can't recommend them highly enough for kids in the early-reader zone.

My son is actually reading...by choice!

2006-12-14
My 8 year old loves the Captain Underpants collection by Dav Pilkey that I got him last year. However, my husband and I have done most of the reading to him. I recently got him the entire Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot Collection after reading other reviews that 2nd graders enjoyed reading them. I was skeptical as my son is a slow reader and its a struggle to make him read to us each night. The first night he read Ricky Ricotta I had to make him stop because it was past his bedtime!! He read the first 7 chapters with great enthusiasm. If it hadn't been a school night he would have easily finished the book. The next night he couldn't wait to read again!
Dav Pilkey does a great job of appealing to this age group's sense of humor. My son thinks everything he writes is hilarious and he reads the books over and over rarely tiring of the stories. My son and I highly recommend these books for readers of all levels.

great story, Pages fall out!!!

2006-10-16
This would be a great book if it wouldn't fall apart. After sitting with it just a little bit and trying to do the flip pages the page just fell out. The story is wonderful and very intertaining for a 4 to 7 year old learning to read, or needing to get interested in reading. I have never had a book that the pages just fall out from the glue.

HMMMM...

I would have given it one star, if it weren't for the fact the story and the cartoon illustration and the flip pages are all wonderful.

My boys love the books but...

2006-02-25
The books are great, my 4 and 7 year old boys both love them. However, the quality of the construction of the books is poor. When you do the flip-o-rama pages, the pages fall out. The pages are being held together with scotch tape.