Science Fiction Book- Pete the Cat: Robo-Pete by James Dean
Summary:
Pete was trying to play with his friends but they were all busy, so he came up with the idea to build a robot. But Pete learned a great lesson through this, and the true meaning behind friendship. Pete realizes that no matter what he is doing it will always be fun, as long as he is with his friends.
Genre: Science Fiction Age: 2 - 7 years old
This specific book ties fiction and science together as, Pete the Cat make a robot friend. This after attempting to play with all his real friends, but they were all busy doing something else. Throughout the story we can see the different bright colors. This combined with all the dark outlines of the illustrations make it stand out.
Suggested Activities:
*During/After Reading
You can use this book to review sight words. As it has very few words and keeps the sentences short. As. you find words you can create a charts to keep track of how many times you saw the word.
*After Reading
You can build individual, unique robots like Pete the Cat did. This can allow they to used the visuals from the book and their own knowledge to create theirs.
Personal Comment: I enjoy this short book as it makes it fun for the children to tie reading and science together. Stories like this one are like gold, especially if the children are not really interested in the topic. I like how it shows them how to "solve" their problem. Not always will you be able to solve the problem on the first try and how technology is a good friend but not as awesome as areal friend.
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