This is a great children’s book. It teaches us a lesson. We are all different, and beautiful in our own unique way.

“He squeaked in the daytime and squeaked through the night. / He squeaked so much it gave him a fright!” Rusty doesn’t like his squeak so he can’t like himself. Belle, who is also a robot but shaped like a bell, is happy but she has a “dinging” sound that she deals with. She assures Rusty that she will try to help him with his squeaking. She then asks him to follow her.

They head off with a DING and a SQUEAK. They meet Hoot who is also happy but dealing with a HONK. “Let’s all loosen up, have fun and play. / Enjoy yourself, Rusty. It’s a much better way!” says Hoot. Together they travel on with a HONK, DING, and SQUEAK. But will Rusty ever find the help he needs to be happy with his squeak?

Cons: At times this rhyming text felt hard to read.

Pros: While Rusty wasn’t able to change, he was able to own his individuality and embrace diversity. It’s a story of friendship, empathy, diversity, understanding, and growth. Young kids will no doubt enjoy making the sounds each robot makes.

The illustrations in this book were out of this world! They complimented the story perfectly! The message of the story is also something that I can totally get behind! Be yourself and love everything about yourself, even the squeaky loud parts! The parts that you cannot hide but do love! Own your shortcomings and encourage others to love theirs as well to form the bonds of real friendship!

I would recommend this story to everyone with young to second grade age children. The message alone is enough to make me buy this book for my own children! Thank you, for allowing me early access to this title and for this review!!!

'Rusty The Squeaky Robot' by Neil Clark is about a little robot trying to live with the horrible noise he makes. Along the way he learns that it's ok to be a bit different.

Rusty is unhappy because of the squeak he makes, but he finds some new friends that make some odd noises of their own too. There are Belle and Twango and Boom-Bot and others who show Rusty that he can make noise along with them.

It's a cute story with really cute geometric illustrations. I love some of the lettering and how all of the robots look. I think it's a good choice for a read aloud book for young kids. The lesson is pretty good too.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Quarto Publishing Group-words and pictures, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.

Really fun and cute book for the age range. The kids will have a blast making the robot sounds with this visually engaging book from Clark.

"Rusty The Squeaky Robot" is a book about Rusty who is a robot who makes a squeaking sound that he does not like. He looks for help and found some robot friends along the way that made him appreciate his squeaky sound. My son and I loves this book. We love books that rhyme. We love how it was written and the rhythm of it. It was a cute story that children will surely love. We also love the illustrations. We love the colors and how they pop out of the book. Also, as a speech pathologist I will surely use this book with my children not just because it is visually stimulating but also because of the auditory stimulation it gives. I will definitely buy this book. Thank Net Galley for giving me a free copy for review.

My 4.5 year old son and I loved this book. The colours and illustrations are first class and very attractive. The story is good. But to be honest my son loved the different robots too much we ended up discussing about the robots and their sounds rather than the story line! I loved the geometrical drawings and page designs.

Neil Clark's book is a work of art with illustrations that are bright, engaging, and make children and adults alike smile. More importantly is the story shared is one that every child (and adult) should remember. Our differences are not a bad thing and when we all work together our differences can make a wonderful, joyous noise.

Rusty squeaks and he doesn't like it at all. He even doesn't like himself because of it. What he doesn't know at first is that each of his friends has their own difference, in this case a noise. My 2 year old boys loved the noises in the book, and could even point to the noise words because they were in a different font. That makes it a great book for recognizing word to print connections. As a mother of a child with Down Syndrome I think this book would be a great book to read to a class and talk about things everyone has that are different. In the end of the book, not only do they each have a difference but they also use their differences to make music and the concept of using their individuality to make a stronger thing is so great!

I will automatically be looking forward to any other children's books by Neil Clark because this was an instant hit in our home!

5★
“He squeaked in the daytime and squeaked through the night. He squeaked so much it gave him a fright!”

Rusty is a bright orange, square-headed robot who looks a bit as if he’s made out of bits of tin. Perhaps he’s a space-age version of the Tin Woodman!

He can’t seem to move without making what he thinks are dreadful squeaking noises.

Then along comes Belle, who looks, as her name suggest, like a bell. Rather than squeak, she seems to have a unicycle body so she rolls around dinging everywhere.

“DING! Belle wheeled over. She was cheery and bright.
‘Don’t worry Rusty. I’ll make it all right.’”

She leads the way and they DING and they SQUEAK until they meet up with Hoot, who goes HONK!

They collect more friends, and each sound is added to their “soundtrack” until we see them standing on the edge of the world staring out into space. Then suddenly:

“But a BOOM interrupted! The noise shook the ground . . .”
[My Goodreads review includes the illustration of this page.]

And a big, bright boombox joins the party, and they dance and make music together happily.

The illustrations are vibrant and LOUD and kids will love copying the sounds when they learn what kinds of noises these contraptions can make. And I’m sure they’ll invent new sounds and their own ways of saying DING, and HONK and BOOM, too.

Lots of fun for grownups or older kids to read to little ones. Thanks to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing for the preview copy from which I’ve quoted and shared an illustration.

P.S. I must not overlook the cleverly placed square ISBN and price barcode placed exactly on Rusty's square head on the back cover. Very sneaky. :)

I received an email stating that since I've enjoyed another Quarto kid book they're sharing another one. I didn't request it but it's adorable.



The message of the book is it is okay to be different and like yourself. It's short, colorful and easy to read font.



Recommend?


Yes.

The illustrations in this book are really done well! I liked the story. It will fit in great with our summer reading theme, which is music. I can see many activities that we could do with this book in our library. I think children will enjoy the story and the illustrations!

This is a cute little story for small children about a robot who doesn't like the sound he makes when moving. He's alone and sad in a planet, but then other robots join him one by one with their own sounds as well. They all unite and combine all their sounds to show they can all have their unique ones and also have fun getting together.
It's a story of friendship and being happy with oneself. I really liked the colourful illustrations, very bright and eye catching.
The fact that the characters are robots add more interest for a kid. Also, I think it will be fun reading making all those sounds together with your kid.
I would definitely recommend it. Thanks to NetGalley and publisher for a copy in exchange for an honest review.

Rusty the Squeaky Robot by Neil Clark
Publisher: Quatro Publishing Group - words & pictures
ISBN: 9781910277522
Publish Date: April 19/ 2018

Thanks to NetGalley and publisher for the ebook ARC of Rusty the Squeaky Robot by Neil Clark.

Rusty is a friendly robot. He is not very happy though, he is feeling sad about the way that he sounds. The other robots on Planet Robotone- Belle, Twango, Hoot and Boom-Bot show Rusty that being a bit different is the best way to be. Together they make a song and dance that celebrates their differences.

I give this book a rating of 5 stars and I recommend reading it. I read it to my 4 year old daughter, and she very much enjoyed the book. I thought that the pictures were great. The book sends out a very good message to kids that it is okay to be different.

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This was such a cute book. I think kids will really enjoy all the robots and the sounds they make. A great book to show kids that our quirks make us different but also special and when we have friends who accept those quirks amazing things can happen.
I received an ARC of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.