Vendor
	Mohrbooks Literary Agency Sebastian Ritscher
Original language
English
Categories
Children’s picture books

WANTS VS. NEEDS VS. ROBOTS

Michael Rex

A timely companion to the popular Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots, which makes tricky, but vital, concepts accessible.

Do you know the difference between a want and a need? It can be a hard thing to understand, especially when you really, really want something. But some things aren't essential - like jellybean tacos and groovy boots. Other things are essential - like fuel and feet to put the boots on. These robots are going to show you the drill as they accumulate some stuff they want and some things they need. Kids will have fun following the action and discovering this is the kind of book they will really, really want to read again and again.

Michael Rex has written and/or illustrated over forty children's books, including Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots, With Any Luck, I'll Drive a Truck (by David Friend), and the New York Times #1 bestseller Goodnight Goon, as well as the Fangbone series (which has also been turned into an animated TV series). He has a master's degree in visual arts education (K-12) and worked as a New York City art teacher for four years. He lives in Leonia, New Jersey, with his wife and their two sons.

Available products
Book Published 2023-03-14 by Nancy Paulsen Books

Comments

...a unique and comic take on a relatable lesson for primary students... The most valuable lesson in this entertaining picture book is about the importance of making good choices and helping others, a moral delivered painlessly and with loads of good humor.

To demonstrate the difference between true, necessary-for-survival 'needs' and optional 'wants', Rex sends a fresh cast of animated, loudly hued robots cavorting across the spreads of this follow-up to Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots (2020). While it's partly for fun, it also functions to warn against the hazards of trading off one tool (cool boots, a remote-control platypus) for another (legs, batteries), and to introduce the idea of negotiating fair bargains or exchanges... Food for thought - and not just for the kids.

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