  | Wants vs. needs vs. robots Author: Rex, Michael | |
| Price: $23.28 | ||
Summary:
A group of robots demonstrates the difference between a want and a need, by making trades to get some things they really want and accidentally giving away some things they really need.
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (-) (01/15/23)
School Library Journal (00/02/23)
Booklist (02/15/23)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 02/15/2023 To demonstrate the difference between true, necessary-for-survival needs and optional wants, Rex sends a fresh cast of animated, loudly hued robots cavorting across the spreads of this follow-up to Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots (2020). While it's partly for fun, it also functions to warn against the hazards of trading off one tool (cool boots, a remote-control platypus) for another (legs, batteries), and to introduce the idea of negotiating fair bargains or exchanges. Though logic stumbles over language in a contention that, to find out what happens next, readers will “want” to turn the page (it would be equally accurate here to call that a “need”), Rex does neatly set out the distinction at the end: “These robots are happy to HAVE the things they NEED so they can ENJOY the things they WANT.” Food for thought—and not just for the kids. - Copyright 2023 Booklist.
