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mdevlin923's review
1.0
Rodney Rat cannot pronounce the letter r, and his classmates tease him mercilessly. Camilla Capybera joins the class and quickly scares everyone with her size, her attitude, her bullying, and her intelligence. When Rodney is chosen to lead Simon Says, his rhotacism confuses Camilla and he tricks her into leaving...to the joy of his classmates.
Meh.
Meh.
wapasiw's review
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
jmitschke's review
5.0
This is officially one of my favorite picture books ever. Wodney Wat is the only boy at rodent school with trouble pronouncing his r's. This is a problem until a new bully arrives at school who doesn't know to not take Rodney's speech literally and Rodney's speech impediment saves the day!
Great for bullying/manners themes and for kids with speech impediments or shyness. HILARIOUS for read-a-louds!
Great for bullying/manners themes and for kids with speech impediments or shyness. HILARIOUS for read-a-louds!
allmadhere106's review
3.0
For: rodent fans; readers wanting a book about overcoming obstacles.
Possible red flags: bullying; living with a speech impediment.
Possible red flags: bullying; living with a speech impediment.
jcpdiesel21's review
3.0
The story here is cute, and it's nice to see both Rodney win over his classmates and a bully get her comeuppance. However, I don't care for the message that is sent when Rodney defeats a bully by using her own ignorance as a weapon against her, which is essentially another form of bullying.
mallorykjorgensen's review
4.0
All of Rodney’s peers constantly make fun of him because he has a speech impediment and can’t pronounce R’s. This unfortunately means that Rodney can’t even correctly pronounce his name. Rodney’s classmates finally begin to think differently of him when he helps save the whole class from a new bully.
hldavids's review
5.0
Poor Rodney has a speech impediment making him replace his R's with W's. All of his classmates giggle and laugh with each wabbit, wat, and Wodney that he says. Then one day a bigger and meaner bully shows up - Camilla Capybara. Now all of the students are cowed into submission, but Rodney, the shyest of them all, proves to be Camilla's undoing.
A cute and enduring tale about teasing. A good lesson as well in word families and language.
A cute and enduring tale about teasing. A good lesson as well in word families and language.
left_unsupervised's review
2.0
Well I liked the illustrations and was rooting for Rodney Rat and his peers.
Rodney Rat calls himself Wodney Wat because he has difficulty pronouncing the letter R. His peers are aware of his speech issue but it does not stop them from picking on him.
A new student joins the class, and makes sure everyone knows she is bigger, smarter, etc. She does not try to make friends, she just wants to make her presence known.
The classmates that picked on Rodney were not happy with the new student because they felt bullied. Rodney was very scared, but his name was picked to lead Simon Says. His peers decided to laugh at the new student because she took what he said as he said it, not knowing that he pronounced "R" as "W".
The ending left me not liking the story. I understand bullying and making children aware of it, but this story seems to support it if it is done in retaliation.
Rodney Rat calls himself Wodney Wat because he has difficulty pronouncing the letter R. His peers are aware of his speech issue but it does not stop them from picking on him.
A new student joins the class, and makes sure everyone knows she is bigger, smarter, etc. She does not try to make friends, she just wants to make her presence known.
The classmates that picked on Rodney were not happy with the new student because they felt bullied. Rodney was very scared, but his name was picked to lead Simon Says. His peers decided to laugh at the new student because she took what he said as he said it, not knowing that he pronounced "R" as "W".
The ending left me not liking the story. I understand bullying and making children aware of it, but this story seems to support it if it is done in retaliation.
apetruce's review
4.0
Great book about bullying but for the fact that they bully back the bully. Sort of like spanking a kid for hitting. Funny to read aloud because of Rodney's pronunciation and the boy rat gains confidence.
alysona's review
5.0
You know that while a work on the kidsite, I have never done storytime - that is with one exception. Years ago I filled in for the school librarian one day, and she left this for me to read 8 times that day. By the last group, my tongue was worn out from the tongue twisting text, and 1st graders were staring at me like they could not believe I was the person selected to read to them. BUT I still love this book! Wodney is a terrific.