Iggy Peck, Architect (The Questioneers): 1

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Each child holds his or her section of the marble run in place, so the marble rolls through the piping from one end to the other. Martaus, Alaine. (2013) Review of Dorko the Magnificent by Andrea Beaty. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 66(11): 499.

Meet Sofia Valdez, Future Prez!Sofia Valdez did as much as she couldfor her family and friends and her whole neighbourhood. A dreamer. A doer. A real-life go-getter. Most people like good, but Sofia liked better. Sofia Valdez is the latest addition to The Questioneers family! She is a strong community leader who stands up for what she believes in and in her new picture book, Sofia Valdez, Future Prezshe helps fight for change in her community. You can be an activist just like Sofia! ACTIVITIESAll you need is a bunch of newspaper, lots of masking tape, and a group of kids who can move as one!

I thought the illustrations fitted this story quite well, and for the most part the rhymes were good - only a few times did Beaty "stretch" for the rhyme. But, I thought the word choices were delightful and sounded fun to say and I never felt Beaty talked down to her readers. But I was most pleased with the stories underlying sense of striving for your dreams and how dangerous adults and institutions can be to putting a damper on a child's creativity.Hey there! I’m Jodi. I am a National Board Certified teacher with 17 years of experience in the classroom. Also, visit www.Questioneers.com for posters, activities, educator resources, and other information about the Questioneer books.

There's a lady with a beehive hairdo and a beauty spot on the cover of this book - a sure-fire signifier of "quirky," perhaps even "offbeat". And let me tell you, it ain't just the illustrations! (although now I'm craving Iggy's mom's Pucci-esque caftans and Twiggy A-lines) The story is fun and the wordplay is quirky in this book about a second-grade engineering prodigy. A cat with heterochromia - and one eye is blue. Be sure to tell your child that this means the cat can see ghosts! (But only if the creature has one blue eye. Any human or animal born with one blue eye and one eye of a different color can see ghosts. Heterochromia of, let's say, one green eye and one brown eye - while beautiful - will NOT produce a ghost-seeing person/animal.) Jones, Nicolette (April 21, 2019). "Children's book of the week: Ada Twist and the Perilous Pantaloons by Andrea Beaty, illustrated by David Roberts". The Sunday Times . Retrieved February 23, 2020.Everyone can participate in building a snow fort! All it takes is a good shovel, a few hard workers — and snow! This is a hilarious and whimsical look at a child prodigy who is in turn encouraged and discouraged from pursuing his passion for building buildings and other structures. The rhythmic and rhyming narrative is very entertaining and the illustrations are fabulous. It's a terrific book to read aloud and we really enjoyed reading this story together. I liked this better than Rosie Revere, Engineer. Iggy is a small boy who is an architectural genius. But what happens when he gets to the 2nd grade and comes face-to-face with a teacher who has a deep-seated fear of architecture rooted in her childhood?