Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss. ( )

I received an ARC from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. My thoughts and opinions are my own.

I adored this book! My son made me read it to him three times in a row before he would go to bed, and he was still asking about it the next morning.

Rusty doesn't like his squeak, but he meets other robots with similar differences. Everyone has something that makes them stand out, and they show him how to embrace the unique qualities about himself. His squeak mixed with their various sounds created something beautiful and brilliant. I loved the colors and the sounds... everything was wonderful!

I enjoyed how Rusty the Squeaky Robot was worded, and how easy it was for my son to follow along. He enjoyed making the noises with me, and it was fun watching him smile as he listened to the story. I highly recommend this one!

Originally posted at Do You Dog-ear? on April 24, 2018.
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This is a great book to read to children who are worried that they are different or that there is something wrong with them. It would also assist with other children about how they can help when someone else is feeling this way. It is a very simple story with bright, colorful illustrations and a great message.

Rusty is a bright orange, square-headed robot who hates the sound he makes. He squeaks and he can not stop doing it. As he is bemoaning his noise, along comes Belle who makes a Ding-Ding noise. When they put their sounds together, they sound good. As they continue along their way, they meet up with other friends that make various sounds. At the end of the book they put all their sounds together and with a squeak, ding, honk, twang and boom, they make wonderful music that they can jump and dance to.

Not only does this book have a great message, but it is just fun. Young kids will love copying the sounds when they learn what kinds of noises these contraptions can make. A story that could also be used in a music class. My grandchildren and their cousins had fun trying to make them all and decide who was the loudest. My ears, were not having as much fun as they were. A great book for family, school, class and public libraries. The publisher generously provided me with a copy of this book via Netgalley. ( )

(A copy was provided to read and review.)

I'm a total fan of picture books with "sounds". Children engage much better with a story, when they can get involved and one of the best ways to achieve this, you'll find here, Rusty the Squeaky Robot is a lovely book about being perfect, just the way you are.

Rusty is a little robot who lives on Planet Robotone, which is actually a very clever name for his world as the reader will quickly understand.
As our Rusty is, well, a little rusty, he squeaks when he moves and he doesn't like it one bit. He feels ashamed of all the noise he's making and as he dislikes himself for who he is, he keeps himself to himself and is lonely and sad.

Suddenly there's Belle and she sure got her name for a reason as a tiny bell is attached to her and every time she moves there's a DING. Next there's Hoot who can produce the most wonderful HONK and Twango's TWANG sure has him stand out.
All these cheerful robots who rattle and shake and make the most special noises, show our Rusty, there's no need to be alone and to feel low, we are all special.
And together as friends, they can create even more sounds and with the help of Boom-Bot who's speciality is a fabulous BOOM, they can even dance along.

This book is huge fun with a strong message to embrace individuality. A lovely rhyming story enhanced by cheerful and colourful illustrations, which will help kids to feel more confident about who they are and accept, that we are all special in our own way and that it's OK to be different.

As Rusty would say:
"It's OK to be different. It's OK to be me.
My Sound makes me special. That's how we should all be."

My preschoolers absolutely love the book and so do I. Highly recommended. ( )

This book is sooooo close to a 5 star book. It gets a mark down to a 4.5 star because there are pages where the rhyme loses it cadence and causes the reader to stumble. Besides that, I LOVE this story. A robot hates his squeaks until he meets other robots and leans that everyone has something unique that should be celebrated. The illustrations are fun and colorful, the story divine, and overall just a happy read. ( )