Author: Helen Lester
Illustrator: Lynn Munsinger
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Date: 2000
Reading Level: 4-8
Number of Pages: 32
Genre: Fiction picture book
Summary of Plot: The story begins with a rat that can't say his R's so instead of him saying his name is
Rodney Rat he says Wodney Wat. All of the kids at school make fun of him because of this that laugh and they make him say things that they know he couldn't see. Rodney would hide from everybody. Then one day a new girl moved in who became the class bully her name was Camilla Capybara. Rodney was really scared of her because she made fun of the other kids then she really would make fun of her. Then one day the teacher pulled the a name out of a hate to see who would lead the class in Simon Says. Rodney was the one that got picked to lead. He was very sacred of what Camilla was going to do to him. So he was very timid in saying anything at all. Every thing Rodney said Camilla did what he said but because it sounded different she did something different. In the end Camilla ran west instead of going to rest and she was gone Rodney was now every bodies best friend.
Rodney Rat he says Wodney Wat. All of the kids at school make fun of him because of this that laugh and they make him say things that they know he couldn't see. Rodney would hide from everybody. Then one day a new girl moved in who became the class bully her name was Camilla Capybara. Rodney was really scared of her because she made fun of the other kids then she really would make fun of her. Then one day the teacher pulled the a name out of a hate to see who would lead the class in Simon Says. Rodney was the one that got picked to lead. He was very sacred of what Camilla was going to do to him. So he was very timid in saying anything at all. Every thing Rodney said Camilla did what he said but because it sounded different she did something different. In the end Camilla ran west instead of going to rest and she was gone Rodney was now every bodies best friend.
Readers Reaction: I loved this book when I was little and my fiance loves it because when he was little he couldn't say his R's either
Potential Problems: makes fun of people who can't say their R's.
Recommendation: Read it to kids that are worried about not being able to say their R's.
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