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Ricky Ricotta #04: Mighty Robot Vs The Mecha-monkeys From Mars

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We just had to get the latest Ricky Ricotta book as my 4 1/2 year old son is in love with Ricky Ricotta and Captain Underpants. I find the Ricky Ricotta series a little less humorous and more boiler plate than the Captain Underpants series, however my son loves them both. The Flip-O-Ramas are great as usual and my son now makes up the sound effects. He also really enjoys going through how to draw each character at the end. He hasn't tried to actually draw them yet. All of the books in this series have a villain from another planet who Ricky Ricotta's Giant Robot is able to defeat and put in jail. My son loves seeing the old villains in the jail windows at the end of the story. I sure hope the next book in the series comes out soon because I don't know how long my son can wait. If your kids like Captain Underpants, Ricky Ricotta is likely to be a favorite, although I think some older kids may find it boring in comparison. It is easier to read, however, and would be a good book for a beginning reader to read themselves.

My son was first drawn to the illustrations in Ricky Ricotta/Mighty Robot series but I held out buying the books because I thought they were "glorified" comic books. However, much to my surprise when I actually read it myself, it was quite hilarious.

The best part was that it was easy enough for my 5 year old to read on his own (with a little help), which was really a major coup as I could not get him to start reading chapter books.

We ended up buying all 7 books and he has already read 4 of them in 2 weeks!

The author's website also has some great games.

In this, the fourth Ricky Ricotta book, Ricky and the Mighty Robot face their gravest threat yet. Major Monkey is tired of being alone on Mars, and decides that he will conquer the Earth, and to do that he must first put the Mighty Robot out of the way. Can Ricky save the Mighty Robot and the Earth, all at the same time? You bet he can!

This book is great! The drawings are black-and-white, but are quite funny, and go along great with the story, which is hilarious! My ten-year-old son picked out this book (he's into robots right now), and loved it. The book contains some "Flip-o-rama" pages, where you rapidly flip the pages back and forth and watch the somewhat-animated cartoon, which we both thought was pretty cool. The text is pretty short, and definitely not challenging to him, but he nonetheless loved this book. We highly recommend this book.

The books I purchased were for my grandson. after we had ordered them I told him it might take a week or two before they arrive. To my pleasant suprise we had them in less than 5 days. The books were in great shape and he is enjoying them. On a scale of 1 to 10 I give the vendor and the total operation a 9.5. Could not get much better.

My son is 8yrs old and is a huge fan of the Ricky Ricotta series. He has read all of them and said he was not disappointed with the most recent read of Mecha Monkeys. He said it was funny and can't wait for the next one to be published. Great read for children. Particularly, boys!

My 8 YO son was a HUGE Captain Underpants fan but he had read them all and needed something new. I bought the Ricky Ricotta books and he really liked them as well. He said they are "not quite as great, but they are very, very good." I would recommend these books to anyone who has a child who loves to read or one who is struggling. The author has a way of pulling the children in and they just sit and giggle through the whole thing!

Bam,crash,bam!Ricky Ricotta and his friend name Mighty Robot make lots of noise in this story. I recomend that you read this book because it is funny and has lots of adventure. This monkey named Major lives on Mars. He creates an army and makes a move to go to Ricky's planet to take Mighty Robot to Mars. Mighty Robot falls into Major Monkey's plan. Does Ricky save the day? You will have to read to find out. I think the story is creative and a fun read. ~Oranger outlaw

Thank you for the wonderful book. My son loved it and it was in excellent condition.

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Cindy

It made me feel good because Ricky's Mighty robot put the bad guys in jail. Really funny. I loved it.