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Charlie McButton likes computer games so much, he never playswith anything else. When a thunderstorm knocks out the electricity,his tech empire comes tumbling down, and his whole world losespower. Charlie needs batteries?FAST! But the only triple- A?s hecan find are in his little sister?s talking doll. Will he resort todesperate measures and cause his sister to have a meltdown of herown? Or will he snap out of his computer craze long enough torealize his sister might be fun, even if she doesn?t come withbatteries? Collins and Lester team up for a hilarious and timelytale that will crack up young computer addicts and those who lovethem!
From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 3-A clever, humorous story in rhyme. Charlie'stechno-driven world comes to a crashing halt when a thunderstormcauses a power outage. His mother advises, "You'll have to findsomething without plugs to play./Read a book!/Clean your room!/Singa song!/Model clay!" Uninspired, Charlie finally remembers an oldhandheld video game, but the battery is missing. Desperate, hesteals one from his sister's talking doll and ends up in thetime-out chair. Feeling remorseful when the little girl startscrying, he seeks her out and the two have a grand time playinggames and pretending to be dragons and wizards. When the powerreturns, Charlie is ready to retreat to his "handsets and bots" butdecides that it might be fun to spend some time with his sister aswell. The hilarious cartoon illustrations are bold and appealingand depict the siblings' many emotions with exaggerated clarity.While the mother appears only as a hand patting her panicked son'shead, the family dog is usually present, patiently enduring ahose-down from little Isabel Jane or angrily reproving Charlie forhurting her feelings. Pair this tale with Glenn McCoy's PennyLee and Her TV (Hyperion, 2002) for a fun storytime during "TVTurnoff Week."-Barbara Auerbach, New York City PublicSchools
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A clever, humorous story in rhyme. -- School LibraryJournal
