Timothy Bush

Benjamin McFadden changes his babysitter robot to do things that are fun: games, books, music, lots of junk food, but like the Sorcerer's Apprentice, he regrets this when the babysitter starts to make fun robots. SPOILER: Thanks to a help line and a final lucky guess at a password, his parents know nothing of Benjamin's chaotic evening; there is a final twist.
I like the illustrations and the choices of books; also, the idea that books are a source of fun: As Benjamin says, "Books are fun. They never need batteries, they fit in your knapsack, and when they get broken, you can fix them with tape."… (mais)

This book is about a young boy who lives in space and has a robot for a babysitter. The babysitter is programmed and follows Benjamin's schedule, so when 8:00 earth time comes around, she says it is time for him to go to bed. In an effort to stay up and do fun things, Benjamin takes apart his babysitter and programs her to have 8:00 earth time be "fun time". When Benjamin decides he is ready for bed, the robot is not done having fun, so he must figure out the password to reset his robot babysitter.… (mais)

I thought this book was really enjoyable and a funny read. I loved how all the characters had a funny role in the book and the ending had a little twist to it. I also enjoyed that it had to deal with something like space and robots, I thought this was unique.
One thing that I really enjoyed about this book was the illustrations. The book really showed great detail of all the crazy events that happened in the story. For example, there was a part when Benjamin was trying to get the robots under control and you can see all the different attempts that he tried.
Other thing that I enjoyed about this book was that writing of this book. I thought that it was really engaging and energetic that kept me wanting to read the book. For example, when the robot babysitter became fun and Benjamin wanted to go to bed, I really wanted to know how he was going to fix the robot and what the secret password was!
The big message of this book has to be not everything is going to be fun. Although Benjamin wanted to have fun, it got out of hand and everything started to fall apart. The big idea is that not everything will be fun, but that’s okay. Also, don’t mess with robot babysitters because they go crazy.… (mais)