As a mother of an autistic child, I took a completely different message from The Wild Robot. It was about overcoming odds, creating relationships, bridging difficult gaps, belonging in a world that doesn't seem to be made for you, and the meaning of community, and how we can choose to exclude or include others, and how we forge our own destiny. I suspect the author intentionally chose the passive voice. Per the University of Toronto, the passive voice is used when the person or thing being acted upon is more important than the doer, or when the doer is unknown, irrelevant, or unimportant. The protagonist is a robot, designed to adapt to fit the needs of its handlers, and the passive voice matches the nature of the protagonist. And yet, Roz so often seems to transcend the natural limits of her programming, and thrives against all odds, as does her adopted son. I really feel like you missed on the central messages and themes of this book. That being said, I liked a lot of the other titles which you mentioned, several of which were some of my childhood favorites as well. Good luck on your future literary journeys.
Great list! We were engrossed in The Wilderking Series when our spot at the library came up for The Wing Feather Saga so we will have to try it again sometime bc ppl are always talking about it. I always finish my reads outloud with the Librivox recording “This has been a Librivox recording, all recording are in the public domain…” it cracks the kids up.
@@JoyfulNoiseLearning No worries. Thank you. We are moving to AO this coming year with my 6 year old (year O) and my 4th grader. I have some FIAR mini units too that I love. I just want to make sure I am not missing any great books!
The wild robot fans are screwed When comes the dreamworks fans/animation fans talking similar criticism that she was talking about…I know not everything had to be perfect but theses book are underrated until the creator of lilo and stitch is making them.
Loved this video! So helpful and some really great suggestions. I can't wait to see what your kids read themselves as well. We have an emerging reader here and I am on the hunt for books she will enjoy next year.
This was a fantastic list. Its nice to hear something different about Wild Robot. I haven't read it yet, but I was worried about being disappointed. Haha! 💕 I'm borrowing wingfeather for my oldest now. She's been dying for new book recommendations.
I am reading “The Hobbit” to my almost 10-yr-old. We are about halfway through it. I am also reading “The Tale of Despereaux” to my 7-yr-old. Great books, both! My almost- 10-yr.-old read “The Wild Robot” and “The Wild Robot Escapes” to herself and she loved then! She also just finished “Keeper of the Lost Cities” she devoured that book, she read all 488 pages of it in just under a week!
I love that you were bugged by simple sentences! Lol!! I notice those things too....especially when it’s very WELL written with description and vocabulary. You seem like you’d enjoy IEW for writing. Have you ever looked at it? Or are you only brave writer? I’ve never looked at that but I know Sarah Mackenzie loves both. 😉
Oh shoot Wild Robot was #1 on our list this year hahaha! But I loved hearing a different perspective on it! We still need to start The Wingfeather Saga!
I did NOT use any book list this year and we read randomly. We read 12 chapter books and 80 picture books. I am just going to mention a few of our Chapter book Read alouds. For context, I have an 8 yr. Old, 6 yr. Old, and 3 yr. Old: We have been reading "The Imagination Station" book series as Read alouds. The children love them but I personally find the text simple and thus annoying to read. I have enjoyed some of the plots. We read five or so of this series. I continued as the kids really really like them. So win for them. We also read, "The Mystery of the Vanishing Treasure" by Robert Arthur (It is a part of "The Three Investigators" series). It was a win for both kids and mom. It was very engaging. We lOVED the "Raggedy Ann Stories" by Gruelle and "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" by Lewis, and "Maybelle in the Soup" by Katie Speck Other stories we read aloud that they liked but I found less enjoyable to read aloud though I liked the story: "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen "20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne (we read the Great Classics Illustrated edition)
These are GREAT books! I haven't heard of some of them. We loved the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe a couple of years ago. It's been fun to read The Voyage of the Dawn Treader this summer. :) Thank you for taking the time to share!
These were such great reads! Im so glad you said that about the Wingfeather Saga. I am loving it more than the kids but we will keep going! We did Pippi along with the Hearth Magic Unit for it and my kdis loved it so much we started The Secret Garden one she has. We read frequently but they seem to have even more enthusiasm to hear the story when they are waiting for the fun thing we will do like I pacled thwm a lunch too eat outsode when Mary travelled to the moors.
I love the George Mueller story. There is a move, you know?!?! Not sure if you enjoy watching movies after books. My church watched it for a family night one year. If you want to know about it, let me know bc I’ll have to ask them who produced it. ;)
We Listened to The Wild Robot and I really enjoyed all the voices, as I was listening to it I thought to my self, this would be difficult to read with all the character voices.😂😅
The Wild Robot was also not my favorite! I couldn't put my finger on it, but your description helped. My kids enjoyed it but we probably won't be reading the sequel.
I agree with you about simple sentences. The exact same thing happened to me when I read "Hatchet" as a Read Aloud this year!!!! The kids loved it, though.
Never heard of librivox! Great tip! I keep wanting to join audible but for some reason..,it confuses me. I do so much better with audiobooks bc I’d rather listen than read! Mama’s jaw gets tired of always talking!! 😜
LOVE Mr. Popper's Penguins. I could read that one over and over again. The Wild Robot has some interesting ideas in it for sure. I have a love/hate relationship with that one based on the values in it. I've always wondered about the Wingfeather series. The Christian heroes series is really good. Our library sometimes gets the audiobooks in and we love them. We're in book #3 of the Green Ember series. Very good.
Thanks for some new ideas! I'm wanting to do some Thornton Burgess read alouds for sure. I may be the only one but I have zero interest in the Wild Robot. I don't like passive voice as much either, and I worry about the transhumanism agenda, which is not what you didn't like but just something I am trying to avoid.
Glad I'm not the only one who thought that! I actually was thinking something similar about the Wild Robot, but chose not to mention it in this video. Thanks for sharing!
As a mother of an autistic child, I took a completely different message from The Wild Robot. It was about overcoming odds, creating relationships, bridging difficult gaps, belonging in a world that doesn't seem to be made for you, and the meaning of community, and how we can choose to exclude or include others, and how we forge our own destiny. I suspect the author intentionally chose the passive voice. Per the University of Toronto, the passive voice is used when the person or thing being acted upon is more important than the doer, or when the doer is unknown, irrelevant, or unimportant. The protagonist is a robot, designed to adapt to fit the needs of its handlers, and the passive voice matches the nature of the protagonist. And yet, Roz so often seems to transcend the natural limits of her programming, and thrives against all odds, as does her adopted son. I really feel like you missed on the central messages and themes of this book.
That being said, I liked a lot of the other titles which you mentioned, several of which were some of my childhood favorites as well. Good luck on your future literary journeys.
THE WILD ROBOT WAS AWESOME DISRESPECT
Sorry 😬🤷♀️😏
My absolute favorite read aloud is "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane". It is SUCH a great book!
Thank you for all of these great recommendations!!
You are so welcome!
❤️Mouse and the Motorcycle
❤️ Beatrix Potter
❤️ George Muller
Thank you for doing these! It really helps me select books
I love sharing!
I can testify that that George Muller book totally changed my life and my faith.
We love the missionary stories they are so good to read to our children and ourselves
I can't wait to read more! It really challenged me!
@@JoyfulNoiseLearning I'm glad you're loving it!!
Your reminding me I need to look at arrow guides for ideas.
While I wasn't keen on reading aloud The Wild Robot, it was PERFECT for my new reader (then 8) to read aloud to ME.
Oh, that's great!
Great list! We were engrossed in The Wilderking Series when our spot at the library came up for The Wing Feather Saga so we will have to try it again sometime bc ppl are always talking about it.
I always finish my reads outloud with the Librivox recording “This has been a Librivox recording, all recording are in the public domain…” it cracks the kids up.
I'm appreciating all these book reviews. Getting my next book list ready 😉
Me too!!
Win-feather!!! I actually really got into his music too. And... The Hobbit!!! Obsessed!
YAY!
Which CM booklist are you following?
It’s part Before Five in a Row and part Ambleside Online Year 1. Sorry I didn’t make that clear!
@@JoyfulNoiseLearning No worries. Thank you. We are moving to AO this coming year with my 6 year old (year O) and my 4th grader. I have some FIAR mini units too that I love. I just want to make sure I am not missing any great books!
Wing feather saga blew me away too! I was so choked up at the end I could hardly read it out loud...
My oldest is reading The Call of the Wild right now.
Really like hearing your thoughts on The Wild Robot.
I’ve been really curious about the Brave Writer guides.
We LOVE James and the Giant Peach!
Happy your feeling better
Omg we loved The Wild Robot and The Wild Robot Escapes 🤖
My kids sure loved it!
The wild robot fans are screwed When comes the dreamworks fans/animation fans talking similar criticism that she was talking about…I know not everything had to be perfect but theses book are underrated until the creator of lilo and stitch is making them.
But the movie will probably fixed when comes your criticism of the book.
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Loved this video! So helpful and some really great suggestions. I can't wait to see what your kids read themselves as well. We have an emerging reader here and I am on the hunt for books she will enjoy next year.
This was a fantastic list. Its nice to hear something different about Wild Robot. I haven't read it yet, but I was worried about being disappointed. Haha! 💕 I'm borrowing wingfeather for my oldest now. She's been dying for new book recommendations.
Love Wingfeather! We haven’t finished it all yet.
We are reading George Muller right now as well. We love it.
LOVED that one! Probably my favorite read aloud from all last year for me.
The Wingfeather Saga!!!!❤️❤️❤️. We read all 4 and I cried at the end. 😭
ME TOO!!
I am reading “The Hobbit” to my almost 10-yr-old. We are about halfway through it. I am also reading “The Tale of Despereaux” to my 7-yr-old. Great books, both! My almost- 10-yr.-old read “The Wild Robot” and “The Wild Robot Escapes” to herself and she loved then! She also just finished “Keeper of the Lost Cities” she devoured that book, she read all 488 pages of it in just under a week!
Wingfeather Saga
I'm glad we weren't the only ones!!!! 🤣
Loved heating your thoughts on the wild robot
I love that you were bugged by simple sentences! Lol!! I notice those things too....especially when it’s very WELL written with description and vocabulary.
You seem like you’d enjoy IEW for writing. Have you ever looked at it? Or are you only brave writer? I’ve never looked at that but I know Sarah Mackenzie loves both. 😉
We couldn’t get into the green ember or Pippi either. They were probably our least favorites from this past school year.
Oh shoot Wild Robot was #1 on our list this year hahaha! But I loved hearing a different perspective on it! We still need to start The Wingfeather Saga!
I did NOT use any book list this year and we read randomly. We read 12 chapter books and 80 picture books. I am just going to mention a few of our Chapter book Read alouds. For context, I have an 8 yr. Old, 6 yr. Old, and 3 yr. Old:
We have been reading "The Imagination Station" book series as Read alouds. The children love them but I personally find the text simple and thus annoying to read. I have enjoyed some of the plots. We read five or so of this series. I continued as the kids really really like them. So win for them.
We also read, "The Mystery of the Vanishing Treasure" by Robert Arthur (It is a part of "The Three Investigators" series). It was a win for both kids and mom. It was very engaging.
We lOVED the "Raggedy Ann Stories" by Gruelle and "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" by Lewis, and "Maybelle in the Soup" by Katie Speck
Other stories we read aloud that they liked but I found less enjoyable to read aloud though I liked the story:
"Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen
"20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne (we read the Great Classics Illustrated edition)
These are GREAT books! I haven't heard of some of them. We loved the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe a couple of years ago. It's been fun to read The Voyage of the Dawn Treader this summer. :) Thank you for taking the time to share!
These were such great reads! Im so glad you said that about the Wingfeather Saga. I am loving it more than the kids but we will keep going! We did Pippi along with the Hearth Magic Unit for it and my kdis loved it so much we started The Secret Garden one she has. We read frequently but they seem to have even more enthusiasm to hear the story when they are waiting for the fun thing we will do like I pacled thwm a lunch too eat outsode when Mary travelled to the moors.
We used to use the Arrow Guides with all of our books, but I slaked this year.
We’re wanting to re-start the Green Ember Series! We did most of the first one and stopped for some reason! 🤔
I need to check out the arrow books
I love the George Mueller story. There is a move, you know?!?! Not sure if you enjoy watching movies after books. My church watched it for a family night one year. If you want to know about it, let me know bc I’ll have to ask them who produced it. ;)
Yes please.
Is it different than the Torchlighters one?
We Listened to The Wild Robot and I really enjoyed all the voices, as I was listening to it I thought to my self, this would be difficult to read with all the character voices.😂😅
I found the writing in Wild Robot very similar to the writing in The One and Only Ivan.
The Wild Robot was also not my favorite! I couldn't put my finger on it, but your description helped. My kids enjoyed it but we probably won't be reading the sequel.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed it! It really took me a while to nail down what wasn't sitting right with me as well.
I agree with you about simple sentences. The exact same thing happened to me when I read "Hatchet" as a Read Aloud this year!!!! The kids loved it, though.
Never heard of librivox! Great tip! I keep wanting to join audible but for some reason..,it confuses me. I do so much better with audiobooks bc I’d rather listen than read! Mama’s jaw gets tired of always talking!! 😜
My fathers dragon is a favorite
My fourth grade classes loved The Year of the Dog.
Awesome! My daughter JUST finished it!
Yes love the George muller book
Oh I have to read finish the wingfeather series
LOVE Mr. Popper's Penguins. I could read that one over and over again. The Wild Robot has some interesting ideas in it for sure. I have a love/hate relationship with that one based on the values in it. I've always wondered about the Wingfeather series. The Christian heroes series is really good. Our library sometimes gets the audiobooks in and we love them. We're in book #3 of the Green Ember series. Very good.
Thanks for some new ideas! I'm wanting to do some Thornton Burgess read alouds for sure. I may be the only one but I have zero interest in the Wild Robot. I don't like passive voice as much either, and I worry about the transhumanism agenda, which is not what you didn't like but just something I am trying to avoid.
Glad I'm not the only one who thought that! I actually was thinking something similar about the Wild Robot, but chose not to mention it in this video. Thanks for sharing!