Wendel's workshop

Title:

Wendel's workshop

Author:

Summary:

Wendel invents a robot to clean up his workshop, but has to come up with another solution when that robot gets out of control.

Audience:

Ages: 004-008.

General Note:

Originally published: London : Macmillan Children's Books, 2007.

Edition:

1st American ed.

Physical Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cm.

Genre:

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Inventors -- Juvenile fiction.

Robots -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

Katherine Tegen Books,

Publication Date:

2010

2007

ISBN:

9780061449307

Publication Information:

New York : Katherine Tegen Books, 2010, c2007.

Call Number:

P RIDDELL

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Wendel is far too busy inventing things to keep his workshop tidy. So if one of his inventions doesn't work, Wendel just tosses it onto the scrap heap and starts over. Then one day he invents the magnificent Wendelbot--a mighty robot that cleans and cleans and doesn't stop. Soon poor Wendel finds himself thrown onto the scrap heap! How will Wendel win back his workshop? Let the robot battle begin!

From the award-winning and always imaginative Chris Riddell comes a wonderfully funny, action-packed story full of surprises and extraordinary inventions.

Author Notes

Chris Riddell was born on April 13, 1962. He is a British illustrator and occasional writer of children's books and a political cartoonist for The Observer. He has won two Kate Greenaway Medals, the British librarians' annual award for the best-illustrated children's book, and two of his works were commended runners-up. Books that he wrote or illustrated have won three Nestlé Smarties Book Prizes and have been silver or bronze runners-up four times. He was shortlisted for the 2015 Kate Greenaway Medal for his title Goth Girl: And the Ghost of a Mouse. He was named the ninth Waterstones Children's Laureate in 2015. Riddell was presented with a Children¿s Laureate medal and a £15,000 (A$30,014) bursary cheque at a ceremony in London, where he announced plans to promote visual literacy during his two-year term.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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Gr 1-3-Wendel the mouse is so busy inventing that he doesn't always clean up after himself. His logical solution is to invent a tidying robot he names Clunk. Unfortunately, Wendel's inventions don't always work as well as they should, as readers see from Clunk's well-intended attempt at storing the teacups in the sock drawer. Clunk is sent to the scrap heap as Wendel invents the second iteration: Wendelbot. The problem is that Wendelbot is so filled with a red-eyed, single-minded tidying purpose that Wendel finds himself added to the scrap heap right next to Clunk. Now, Wendelbot seems poised for world domination! Wendel must figure out a way to stop him. Maybe Clunk and all of the discarded pieces and parts in the scrap heap aren't so useless after all. In this charming rerelease of 2010's Wendel's Workshop, UK Children's Laureate Riddell reminds readers that they shouldn't be so quick to discard that which is flawed. VERDICT The appealing illustrations and cute story line make for a pleasant diversion for independent readers and a strong selection for classroom read-alouds.-Alyssa Annico, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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