Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots by Michael Rex - ADVISABLE

Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots by Michael Rex. PICTURE BOOK. Nancy Paulsen Books (Penguin Random House), 2020. $18. 9781984816269

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

With a lot of very explicit teaching and questions directed at the reader, the narrator explains the difference between fact and opinion. Using robots for examples, the narrator shows examples of facts and opinions and then asks the reader to try to figure it out. 

If a reader doesn’t already know this information, this would be a great introduction to the subject, otherwise it is a little boring. I didn’t love that the answers to the questions the narrator poses are on the same page, so you can’t really test the young reader’s comprehension.   

Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher