''Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot'' is a series of

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s written by

Dav Pilkey David Murray "Dav" Pilkey Jr. (; born March 4, 1966) is an American comic book writer of children's fiction. He is best known as the author and illustrator of the children's book series ''Captain Underpants'' and its spin-off children's graphic ...

(best known for his ''

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'' books) and first seven books illustrated by Martin Ontiveros and all nine books illustrated by Dan Santat. In each book, Ricky Ricotta, a

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, with the help of his mighty

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, saves the world from an evil

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. The books also have an alien animal from a different planet in order from closest-to-sun to farthest-from-sun including

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, as the villain of the first book is from Earth. The reader could see the villains being jailed in each series and later notice the familiar villains from previous books. The first three books were initially published as ''Ricky Ricotta's Giant Robot''. Dav Pilkey stopped using the word "giant" in 2002 after many young fans pointed out that the Robot is not a giant. He is just 12 times taller than a mouse, so he's only about tall. Many young readers suggested the adjective "Mighty" instead, so after careful consideration, Pilkey changed the title of all the books.

List of books

*''Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot'' (2000/2014) *''Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Mutant Mosquitoes from Mercury'' (2000/2014) * ''Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Voodoo Vultures from Venus'' (2001/2014) * ''Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Mecha-Monkeys from Mars'' (2002/2014) * ''Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Jurassic Jackrabbits from Jupiter'' (2002/2014) * ''Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Stupid Stinkbugs from Saturn'' (2003/2015) * ''Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Uranium Unicorns from Uranus'' (2005/2015) * ''Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot Astro-Activity Book o' Fun'' (2006) * ''Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Naughty Nightcrawlers from Neptune'' (2016) * ''Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Unpleasant Penguins from Pluto'' (2016)

References

External links

Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot
(Ricky Ricotta official site)
Pilkey.com
(Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot on Dav Pilkey's official site)
Classroom guide
(Classroom guide to Ricky Ricotta) {{Authority control Children's science fiction novels Science fiction book series Fictional mice and rats Fictional robots Works by Dav Pilkey Novels set on Mercury (planet) Novels set on Venus Novels set on Mars Fiction set on Jupiter Novels set on Jupiter Fiction set on Saturn Novels set on Uranus Novels set on Neptune Fiction set on Pluto Pluto's planethood American children's book series