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Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters: The Questioneers, Book 1

By Jan Carr, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 6+

Girl invents a painting machine in fun story of engineering.

Book Andrea Beaty Science 2018
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What's the Story?

In ROSIE REVERE AND THE RAUCOUS RIVETEERS: THE QUESTIONEERS, BOOK 1, Rosie the engineer is busy designing and testing out various inventions when she gets a special request. Her Great-Great-Aunt Rosie brings her to meet her group of friends, who also worked as female riveters during World War II. One, June, is now a painter and had hoped to enter a mural painting contest, but -- bad luck! -- has broken both wrists. Can Rosie design and make a workable painting machine, the "Paintapalooza," in time to help June enter the contest?

Is It Any Good?

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Girls looking for encouragement and inspiration to be engineers will have fun with this fanciful, easy-breezy story that champions women and girls who like to build things. Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters: The Questioneers, Book 1 breaks down the various tasks of an engineer: brainstorming ideas, creating a design, building a test model, trying it out, and revising the design based on performance. Author Andrea Beaty also offers helpful solutions for the bumps and challenges kids might encounter as they build things: getting frustrated, failing, and worrying about all the things that could go wrong.

Rosie's a great model for girls interested in STEM careers. She's creative, has a can-do spirit, and welcomes help from her tight-knit, supportive group of friends and family. The short chapters, urgent challenge, and engaging illustrations make this a fun choice for the chapter book crowd.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about the job of engineering in Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters: The Questioneers, Book 1. Do you ever have ideas for inventions or gadgets? Have you ever tried to make any?

  • What do you do when the things you're making or doing don't work out on the first try? Do you figure out what went wrong, and also what went right? Do you revise your ideas to redo them?

  • Do you like brainstorming, like Rosie? Do you agree that weird ideas can help you think in new ways or solve small pieces of big problems? Have you had weird ideas that helped you?

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