Star Wars: R2-D2 and Friends

Star Wars: Dorling Kindersley

by Simon Beecroft

Learn about your favourite droids with Star Wars R2-D2 and Friends , a Level 2 DK Reader, now in ebook format.

Help your child develop their reading skills, while they explore the world of Star Wars. Filled with pictures of all your favourite droid characters it's an out-of-this world read with simple sentence structure, limited vocabulary and large type - ideal for children who are developing their reading skills.

Star Wars R2-D2 and Friends is perfect to read together and you'll both love the exciting images.

Genres: Star Wars, Childrens, Fantasy, Picture Books, Fiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Simon Beecroft is the New York Times bestselling author of LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary as well as many other Star Wars titles for children, including Star Wars The Clone Wars: Watch Out For Jabba the Hutt, Star Wars: Luke Skywalker’s Amazing Story, and Star Wars: Beware the Dark Side. He has also written books on subjects as diverse as dinosaurs, extreme weather, future technology, Nelson Mandela, Power Rangers, and the Fantastic Four.

Reviews

[J9 · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was ok. Too difficult for a level 2 book. Besides the weird Sci-fi names, every other word were too big and long for a level 2. My son liked the pictures so he still forced himself through it. Overall I wasn't impressed with the plot or the book.

[Carrie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Horrible, horrible book.

This is a Level 2, "beginning to read" reader, aimed towards little kids. Do little kids really need to read lines like these?

"TC-14 tried to trick QuiGon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi. He led them into a room that filled with poisonous gas."

"Once, a big machine in a factory pulled of C-3PO's head by mistake."

"Uncle Owen nearly bought a droid called R5-D4. But it was faulty and its head blew up."

How did anyone think that this was appropriate material for a children's book? Fortunately, my child can't read yet, so I was able to just make stuff up. Something a little more pleasant.

[Zeina (Taylor's Version) · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a good read!!

[Kaitiebeth Bartlett · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked it because they talked about my favorite droids and my favorite droids are R2 D2 C 3Po R5 D4.
Why i didn't like it is because R2 D2 and C 3PO got kidnaped and the kidnapers made them do bad
things.

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought this was a cute book. You get to see all kinds of droids from the movies and what their jobs are. I think though that the reading level is off. Probably a higher level, at least a “Level 3: Reading alone”, would have been better.

[Melissa Namba · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love how this series treats everything so scientifically. however, I felt like there was too much and the vocabulary way too not basic. a good introduction for adults to droids.

[Coolcat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very short but,not bad.

[Kristina Wise · Rating 4 out of 5]

You get to learn about all the special features that R2-D2 has, his friend C-3PO sometimes falls apart, and there are lots of other good and bad droids in the galaxy.

[Natalie · Rating 1 out of 5]

My daughter loves Star Wars, but didn’t love this book. This is her rating because it talks all about droids. She wishes it was less informational and more of a story.

[Meredith · Rating 3 out of 5]

This beginning reader introduces the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO, describes some of their adventures from the Star Wars films, and gives general information about droids.

[KaitandMaddie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of challenging pronunciations for M in this one.

[Fjóla · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great early reader in the Star Wars series. This one was quite interesting, even for the parent, as it mentions many remarkable droids that make an appearance in the Star Wars movies, besides giving you lots of facts about R2-D2 and 3-CPO. It also gives more general examples of utility droids found in the Star Wars Universe. As in many of the other books in this series, at the end of the book there's a little quiz that my son loves to do as well.

[Elizabeth S · Rating 2 out of 5]

Yawn.

Actually, this is an informative overview of many of the droids seen in the various Star Wars movies. I think my preschooler would give this 4-5 stars, since she asks me to read it to her multiple times a day. I guess that is where the "yawn" comes from. No story + beginner reader + excessive repetition = yawn.

[Molly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great back story and information on the two loved robots from Star Wars. For the true fan of Star Wars but a little dry for someone who is intersted. Ages 4+

[teresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another solidly good DK Reader Star Wars books by Simon Beecroft.

[Ame · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well damn, I actually learned a freaking lot about droids from this book.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jacob read for his 15min Read-Aloud challenge...May 2016

[S— · Rating 4 out of 5]

Droids aren't as embarrassing as organics. Except Threepio of course.