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Schooling Around! #4
Schooling Around #4: Robot Riot!
The Robot Riot! Test
1. Henry McThrottle suspects that the new girl, Roberta Flywheel, is
A: a spy. B: a boy. C: a robot.
2. Roberta writes in her diary that she is on a mission to
A: kiss Henry. B: clean up the school. C: exterminate all humans.
3. Henry and his friends get Grant Gadget to build
A: a treehouse. B: a sand castle. C: a robot-fighting robot.
4. Grant Gadget's robot-fighting robot malfunctions and
A: picks flowers. B: starts telling jokes. C: goes completely out of control.
5. Robot Riot! Is the name of
A: a soft drink. B: a hairstyle. C: a very funny book about robots, making friends and falling out of windows.
ANSWERS
The answers to these questions – and many more – are contained between the covers of this very funny book about robots, making friends and falling out of windows.
1. Henry McThrottle suspects that the new girl, Roberta Flywheel, is
A: a spy. B: a boy. C: a robot.
2. Roberta writes in her diary that she is on a mission to
A: kiss Henry. B: clean up the school. C: exterminate all humans.
3. Henry and his friends get Grant Gadget to build
A: a treehouse. B: a sand castle. C: a robot-fighting robot.
4. Grant Gadget's robot-fighting robot malfunctions and
A: picks flowers. B: starts telling jokes. C: goes completely out of control.
5. Robot Riot! Is the name of
A: a soft drink. B: a hairstyle. C: a very funny book about robots, making friends and falling out of windows.
ANSWERS
The answers to these questions – and many more – are contained between the covers of this very funny book about robots, making friends and falling out of windows.
168 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2009
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About the author
Andy Griffiths
288 books825 followersAndy Griffiths is Australia’s most popular children’s writer. He is the author of over 20 books, including nonsense verse, short stories, comic novels and plays. Over the past 15 years Andy’s books have been New York Times bestsellers, won over 50 children’s choice awards, been adapted as a television cartoon series and sold over 5 million copies worldwide.
Andy is best known as the author of the much-loved Just! series and The Day My Bum Went Psycho. In 2008 Andy became the first Australian author to win six children’s choice awards in one year for Just Shocking!, smashing his previous record of 4 awards for The Bad Book in 2005.
In 2008 Andy and his wife Jill collaborated with The Bell Shakespeare Company on the popular and critically acclaimed theatrical production Just Macbeth! which was nominated for two Helpmann Awards. In July 2010 Just Macbeth!completed a return sold-out season at the Sydney Opera House before heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where it received rave reviews. The book of the play was shortlisted in the children’s section of the 2010 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards.
Andy has had a long-standing collaboration with the multi-talented illustrator Terry Denton. Together they have produced theJust! series, the wildly popular The Bad Book and The Very Bad Book, the ridiculous illustrated guide What Bumosaur is That?, and the Seussian-inspired early readers The Cat on the Mat is Flat and The Big Fat Cow that Goes Kapow! Their latest book is The 13-Storey Treehouse (September 2011).
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Andy is best known as the author of the much-loved Just! series and The Day My Bum Went Psycho. In 2008 Andy became the first Australian author to win six children’s choice awards in one year for Just Shocking!, smashing his previous record of 4 awards for The Bad Book in 2005.
In 2008 Andy and his wife Jill collaborated with The Bell Shakespeare Company on the popular and critically acclaimed theatrical production Just Macbeth! which was nominated for two Helpmann Awards. In July 2010 Just Macbeth!completed a return sold-out season at the Sydney Opera House before heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where it received rave reviews. The book of the play was shortlisted in the children’s section of the 2010 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards.
Andy has had a long-standing collaboration with the multi-talented illustrator Terry Denton. Together they have produced theJust! series, the wildly popular The Bad Book and The Very Bad Book, the ridiculous illustrated guide What Bumosaur is That?, and the Seussian-inspired early readers The Cat on the Mat is Flat and The Big Fat Cow that Goes Kapow! Their latest book is The 13-Storey Treehouse (September 2011).
http://us.macmillan.com/author/andygr...
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August 25, 2010
A cute story aimed at middle grade boys. There’s a new girl in the class who’s trying very hard to fit in. She's trying so hard that she tops the class in everything! She writes a better story than Henry (the class writer), she’s friendlier than Jenny Friendly, she draws better than Jack (the class artist), she beats Gretel in an arm wrestle, and she has a photographic memory.
The other students start to get suspicious, not only is she clever at everything but she doesn’t get jokes and never smiles, and she isn’t scared of spiders... what kind of kid could she be?
When they happen across her diary they discover, to their horror, that it is really a report on her mission as a super-intelligent robot who has come to the school to exterminate all humans.
Andy Griffiths presents a comical view of teachers and students in a fun mix of the middle grade realism of friendship and school life with the kind of unlikely imaginary adventures that middle-graders love.
The other students start to get suspicious, not only is she clever at everything but she doesn’t get jokes and never smiles, and she isn’t scared of spiders... what kind of kid could she be?
When they happen across her diary they discover, to their horror, that it is really a report on her mission as a super-intelligent robot who has come to the school to exterminate all humans.
Andy Griffiths presents a comical view of teachers and students in a fun mix of the middle grade realism of friendship and school life with the kind of unlikely imaginary adventures that middle-graders love.
January 4, 2016
Comedy and Action combined.
December 28, 2025
A very humorous read and, surprisingly, a really good way to introduce children to ‘different’ kids (cough cough Roberta is definitely autistic).
Roberta struggles with sarcasm, she struggles with opposing rule adherence, struggles with fitting in and just wants to make friends at her new school. Mr. Brainfright helps ease her into things, allowing her to be part of jokes without being the butt of it, and promoting her to follow things she’s good at doing even if they are new and scary for her.
When I was a child at school I had a similar teacher named Mr. Ellington, and he really helped with making me feel comfortable. He was an odd teacher too, similar to Brainfright, but one the students all liked. A ballet dancing, motorbike riding teacher! (He did not, however, fall out of any windows)
Roberta struggles with sarcasm, she struggles with opposing rule adherence, struggles with fitting in and just wants to make friends at her new school. Mr. Brainfright helps ease her into things, allowing her to be part of jokes without being the butt of it, and promoting her to follow things she’s good at doing even if they are new and scary for her.
When I was a child at school I had a similar teacher named Mr. Ellington, and he really helped with making me feel comfortable. He was an odd teacher too, similar to Brainfright, but one the students all liked. A ballet dancing, motorbike riding teacher! (He did not, however, fall out of any windows)
August 3, 2018
4th in the series.
This time a new girl joins their class and Henry reads a page in her diary. He discovers she's a robot and convinces his friend of the same. They devise a way to save the school and planet from the invading robots. Hilarity ensues as the truth comes out in the end.
Talk about jumping to conclusions.
This time a new girl joins their class and Henry reads a page in her diary. He discovers she's a robot and convinces his friend of the same. They devise a way to save the school and planet from the invading robots. Hilarity ensues as the truth comes out in the end.
Talk about jumping to conclusions.
January 16, 2018
It is really funny and hilarious. It turns out everything Henry did was for nothing because Roberta was actually not a robot!
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December 10, 2021
Read this one to my students as a short read during the final term of school. Good, but not great and some of Griffith's work is truly great.
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June 16, 2014This book was about a boy misunderstanding a normal girl for a robot and actually she was not a robot and also she had written a robot report that was fake and they kind of went on a mission to get another robot to fight her. They made a robot and then it broke down and one of them stayed to fix it while the others just went because it was assembly time and it said on the review this time they would destroy everybody in assembly and they made a card board robot that looked like a robot. Before the robot broke it destroyed the whole school and they made the school into a Pirate Ship school. The kids had to rebuild the school and the wires and other electrical stuff was science and building was maths because they used they rulers to see how tall it had to be.
October 31, 2011
This book is so good, it's about a new girl in school named Roberta. In the afternoon when she leave school, a boy named Henry so her diary, the very 1st page said "I am Roberta, my real name is Robota 1000, I am a super- intelligent and super strength robot from the future, I came here to take over the foolish human and their only peaceful planet, Earth..." Henry alert the others, and that is where I will end. So read to know what is going to happen next!
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May 28, 2011Robot Riot is the best book yet. Lots of kids LOVE reading about robots and almost anyone, whether they be adult, kid, or not even human, will treasure this one. Henry accidentally discovers that the new girl, Roberta Flywheel, is a ROBOT! Henry just needs to convince his friends. But is it really going to be so easy? The short answer is no.
January 19, 2010
This book is about how some kids are going aganist some new kid. They think she is a robot so they make a real robot to destory here. So some kid dress up into a robot suit to fight the real robot.
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I gave this book a 3 because this book is not real and have a little bit of action. i just read this book for fun and easy to read.
Can't connect to this book.
I gave this book a 3 because this book is not real and have a little bit of action. i just read this book for fun and easy to read.
September 12, 2014
While not as laugh out loud funny as Andy Griffiths's Just, Bum, or Treehouse series, this was an amusing take on a comedy of errors, set in a school with a nice resolution. Would be good for classes beginning discussions of clues and inferences in texts (although there is no subtlety) Best for ages 7-10. I would not read out loud to a class.
March 30, 2010
I read this with my 6 year old and he loved it! Every night, he would beg for me to read just one more page:) I thought it was cute. Perfect for 6-12 year olds. I often found myself wanting to read on after my little boy was asleep.
November 27, 2012
Middle Grade read aloud with the boys. About what you'd expect from this level of book. Well written, fun characters, and decent humor.
June 7, 2013
it was amazing and i found it really interesting
August 30, 2013
My first andy griffiths books and i love it. fun to read and i really like all the characters. my favourite is mr brainfright's of course. highly recommended for school children.
December 24, 2014
This author is pretty funny and has my fourth grader hooked. Perfect for that level and a fun read.
June 29, 2015
Robotly perfect.
October 18, 2016
A hilarious book with lots of twists and turns.
February 25, 2011
Gonna be awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 8, 2011
its OK but it funny and you cant put it down 8/10
April 18, 2017
My 7 and 5 year old boys were in fits of giggles when I read them this book. Great fun!
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