This month's Book of the Month is Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty. A beautifully-illustrated tale of a girl and her dream to become an engineer. Where some people see rubbish, Rosie Revere sees inspiration. Alone in her room at night, shy Rosie constructs great inventions from odds and ends. Hot dog dispensers, helium pants, python-repelling cheese hats. Rosie’s gizmos would astound—if she ever let anyone see them.
Afraid of failure, she hides them away under her bed. Until a fateful visit from her great-great-aunt Rose, who shows her that a first flop isn’t something to fear—it’s something to celebrate.
Discussion Questions for families:
What’s something you see in the trash/recycling that you could build with?
What would you do if you built something and it didn’t work?
Can you remember a time a mistake you made turned into something cool?
For the inventors: It’s almost the holidays! Can you make a gadget to give to someone you love? Use the contents of your recycling bin, a hot glue gun, and tape to make an invention prototype that would solve it!
For the architects: Can you build a cute gingerbread house out of popsicle sticks? Cardboard?
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