Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Uranium Unicorns from Uranus

Ricky Ricotta #7

by Dav Pilkey, Dan Santat (Illustrator)

From Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants, and acclaimed artist Dan Santat, a thrilling friendship adventure with all-new full-color illustrations and mini-comics throughout!

Ricky Ricotta loves his Mighty Robot. They do everything together, but it's sometimes hard for a small mouse to have such a big buddy! If only the Mighty Robot could find someone his own size to play with, Ricky might finally have some fun by himself.

Little does Ricky know, his wish is about to come true. Evil Uncle Unicorn has a top-secret plan to trap the Mighty Robot so that he can take over Earth, and he's got a giant surprise in store. Once again, it's up to Ricky to save the planet -- and his best friend!

Originally published in 2005, this edition features brand-new full-color illustrations and mini-comics throughout!

Genres: Childrens, Chapter Books, Fantasy, Humor, Adventure, Fiction, Graphic Novels

121 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

David "Dav" Pilkey (b. March 4, 1966), is a popular children's author and artist. Pilkey is best known as the author and illustrator of the Captain Underpants book series. He lives near Seattle, Washington with his wife, Sayuri.

Reviews

[James Crawford · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is definitely the best Ricky Ricotta book. This book has amazing villains and heros. I loved the villains in this one. The villain in this is probably my favorite in the whole Ricky Ricotta Series.

[Clara Garcia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. The Uranium Unicorns from your Uranus is a funny and appealing books for many students. It was published in 2015 by Scholastic and is #7 in the Ricky Ricotta's series. I acquired and borrowed this book from my school book room. I decided to read this book in my classroom with a group of students for the purpose of this assignment. I thought it was perfect for my middle school diverse learners who are reading below grade level but still want to feel like they can read chapter books. The story is about Ricky Ricotta who is a little mouse and his large in size companion Mighty Robot. Ricky loves his Mighty Robot but realizes that it is not always fun to have such a large friend. Ricky wishes Mighty Robot would have a friend his own size. His wish unexpectedly comes true when Mighty Robot falls for a new Lady Bot. Little do they know that this is all plan for Evil Uncle Unicorn to trap Mighty Robot and take over Earth. Ricky Ricotta goes on a mission to save the Earth and his best friend. Overall, my students enjoyed the book. They laughed at the pictures and enjoyed the silly characters. We used this book for guided reading and practiced decoding strategies, comprehension skills, and vocabulary.

[❤Marie Gentilcore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dav Pilkey is one of my son's favorite authors, he has read all of the Captain Underpants series and most of the Ricky Ricotta series. Last night for bedtime we read #7 in the series. The Ricky Ricotta series seems written for the age group just below the Captain Underpants age group. It was a fun adventure with an underlying theme of not taking friends for granted. The illustrations were perfect for the story and there was some flip-o-rama as well as "how to's" for drawing the characters. Both of my kids (boy 9 and girl 7) loved it and gave it way more than 5 stars.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'll give Pilkey a pass for making the unicorns evil in this one....

[BiblioBickie · Rating 3 out of 5]

High interest episodic adventure; simple sentence and narrative structure but with a few advanced vocabulary words and fun wordplay such as: "Then the plucky protector prevailed by punching the putrid ponies into a perilous pile-up." Not all sentences are like this, but a few are, to keep it interesting. Also includes some chapters in graphic format and battle scenes in "flip-o-rama" style requiring pages to be turned back and forth quickly for an animation effect. This could be problematic for library books - not sure how well they hold up to this kind of use. This book had a background theme of Ricky's being a little frustrated with the robot's size and how it got in the way of their having fun together (the robot smashed the Ferris wheel, for example); Ricky misses his friend, though, when he goes off with a Lady Bot and appreciates him at the end. There are some mild gender stereotypes, such as Ricky's friend Lucy's wanting to play princess and his saving the day (or at least part of the day) by getting her to cry about how if the bad guy won, there would be no more sweets like grape lollipops.

[Nicola · Rating 3 out of 5]

Miss 3 loves Captain Underpants and now we've worked our way through almost all of Dav Pilkey's Ricky Ricotta books as well. They haven't captured her at the same level of sparkly LOVE as C. U. but she enjoys them enough to re-read them the following week. Although our library has these at the same reading level as C.U. they are much shorter and quicker to read. They're also more positive in general and a good entry for younger kids. As a parent, I love how the series works its way through the solar system and has little facts about each planet! Also, how the local jail slowly fills up with each arch-villain!

#2 Mercury : okay
#3 Venus : okay
#4 Mars : okay
#5 Jupiter: We liked Lucy getting added. Plus the shift to a non-fighting resolution and now super-small super-cute Jurassic Jackrabbits becoming pets.
#6 : Saturn: Featuring Lucy and the Jackrabbits too :)
#7: Uranus : Featuring Lucy and the Jackrabbits too :) I loved all the alliteration in this one!

[Edwin munguia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like these books because there not long to read and there cool I just like reading these books. Also liked this book because of how the unicorns came from their own planet trying to take Over the planet Rick and his robot lived in

[Tenno · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pilkey has a style. It's amusing. My kid laughed.
I can't imagine a kid outside elementary school digging this though.
But all the stereotypes of boys and girls are double-downed on here. It's just kind of unimpressive. The set-up is clever. There are no clever solutions--just formula.

[Jannitzan Bermudez · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a good fit book

[Liam · Rating 3 out of 5]

Spoiler of jurrassic jackrabbits

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sometimes we don't know what we've got 'til it's gone.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

My son loves this series. This one was enjoyable.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

So much better than the previous volume! “Then the plucky protector prevailed by punching the putrid ponies into a perilous pile-up.” You can’t been punny prose like that.

[Anthony · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ricky Ricotta, and his Mighty Robot match wits, and strength against the evil Uncle Unicorn and his mutated uranium unicorns as they try and subdue the Earth.

[Sarah Ruth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wish the pictures were in color but my 3 and 5 year old love this book. They sit still for the whole book.

[Jude · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't mean to brag, but...I finished this book in 10 minutes and 16 seconds. 😉

[Shafiq Nazrin · Rating 1 out of 5]

Even as a kid, I was bored with it

[Arman Waggoner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another Great Book Series from Dav Pilkey, Himself and Good Illustration from Dan Santat

[Jessica Skaggs · Rating 4 out of 5]

These are fun for reading aloud, since we can easily get through one in one sitting. My kids love the bright and the flip-o-rama.

[Jennifer Schadt · Rating 5 out of 5]

My four year old loved it!

[Seef Aldeen · Rating 1 out of 5]

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[Audrey Witherington · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was a quick and easy read. I didn’t like it though.

[Lilly Faye · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick east fun read! Would recommend if you need a quick book, especially if you need a Sci1 Fi one.

[Vanessa · Rating 3 out of 5]

some activities are not fun with his mighty robot until Ricky is left alone after Mighty Robot falls in love after evil Unicorns from Uranus arrive on earth.

[Kate Puleo Unger · Rating 4 out of 5]

Christopher read this book in one sitting at one of our recent reading parties. Somehow they're morphed into him reading to me, but it's OK (for now at least). I enjoy listening to him read. This book had a funny Trojan horse like decoy plot. It was absurd but fun as usual. I love the mix of chapters with full picture pages, comics, and flip-o-rama fighting in these books. It breaks it up for young readers, and it makes the books go fairly quickly.

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[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book because I like Ricky Ricotta books. I did not like this book because I do not like unicorns.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the seventh book in the Ricky Ricotta series by Dav Pilkey. I thought it was interesting that he did not illustrate these books himself, although the format of the tale is very similar to his Captain Underpants books, without the silliness and toilet humor.

I get the impression that this series was meant to appeal to younger readers, be more commercially acceptable, and avoid the Banned book lists. And thus, it lacks a lot of the charm of the Tra-la-la tales.

Still, it's an entertaining and quick read and we love reading his stories. We all took turns reading this book and I think it would be a great book to get younger and/or reluctant readers excited about reading.

Our girls complained that the storylines for these stories seems to be too formulaic, but it's still a fun read. I liked that typically oh-so-cute unicorns were evil villains in this book. I am fairly sure that I'll read the rest of the books in this series, although I was quite surprised to see that the last three remaining books haven't even been published yet and won't be for a year or more. Our girls might eschew them for more 'sophisticated' fare by then, but who knows?

[David Freudenburg · Rating 4 out of 5]

This fun and humorous science fiction adventure is a picture book in the size and shape of a chapter book. Like a picture book, each page contains a full color painting with a limited amount of text. Like a chapter book it has about 125 pages divided into about 12 chapters in a book about the same size as the "Magic Tree House" books. Although the style and story make this book perfect for a reader who is in about Second Grade, it is fun and interesting for people of all ages.
The very experienced and professional author has a wonderful way of creating text that is not only clever and well-written, but also reinforces a beginning reader's successes. He does this by incorporating repetition, even when there aren't a lot of words on the page. He also does this by using alliteration, not just in the title, but throughout the book.
Like any good cartoon, there is humor for adults, as well as for kids. Children will probably roll on the floor laughing when the Mighty Robot gets "zapped in the behind" by an evil ray beam. Adults will find humor in the throwback to old, melodramatic, scifi comics. I can now see why kids love this series!

[Paula · Rating 3 out of 5]

In this installment of the Ricky Ricotta adventure series, Ricky is discouraged because his Mighty Robot pal is so big that he sometimes spoils Ricky’s fun. One night Ricky wishes for a big friend for his big robot. His wish comes true in the form of a Ladybot that mesmerizes Mighty Robot and puts him out of commission. The Ladybot is part of the plan of the nefarious Uncle Unicorn from Uranus. Since his planet is overcome with nuclear waste, he intends to take over Earth. With Mighty Robot now in his control, he captures Ricky and his cousin Lucy. But Ricky and Lucy discover the Ladybot’s weakness, and with the help of Lucy’s Jurassic Jackrabbit pets they are able to dismantle the Ladybot and restore Mighty Robot to his normal powers and save the planet. Ricky learns that friends are forever, no matter their size. This easy, fun read has lots of action along with the gimmicky "Flip-O-Rama" that’s part of every fight scene in these books. The cartoon illustrations add fun details to the story. The title is a good choice for emerging and reluctant readers, especially boys.

[Michael Koreis · Rating 3 out of 5]

In this adventure, Ricky and his Robot get into some trouble with some pesky unicorns. Ricky is trying to adjust to life having a giant robot as a best friend. The only problem is that the robot cannot do all of the things Ricky can and ends up making everything not fun for Rickey. The Unicorns then send a “ladybot” to hypnotize the robot so they could destroy Earth. After the robot is gone for some time, Ricky realizes that he misses the robot and all of the things they did together. This is the lesson for this book. He is telling kids that if they take something for granted when they have it they are going to end up missing it when it is gone, so you should respect everything and take advantage of things while they are still there and you have an opportunity to do so.