Pete the Cat: Robo-Pete

Originally Reviewed for YA Books Central: [URL not allowed] The cat came back—and he’s brought a homemade friend. Pete just wants to play catch. But when all of his friends are too busy to play with him, he does the only reasonable thing a young cat can do. He builds a robotic c......more

Typical quirky Pete the Cat story, this one about friendship. I enjoyed the robot element, but felt it could have been taken further. Pete's reaction to events was a bit ambivalent. Love Pete's quirky friends' quirky habits.......more

I was read this book by a second grader. Maybe it was because they were so excited to read to me, but I really enjoyed Robo-Pete!......more

This one misses it's own point. Pete wants to play baseball, but his friends want to do other things. So he builds a robot which he programs with his own personality. At first it's fun, but soon he starts to find it annoying, and misses his friends. That self-realization should be the point of the b......more

I think this is a really cute story. Pete the Cat wants to hang out with his friends but they are all busy. His solution to his problem was to build a robot version of himself. This was not as great as he thought it would be. Pete the Cat ended running into his friends, as they were finishing what t......more