Rosie Revere, Engineer: 1 (Questioneers)

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However, the combination of the author's unsubtly rendered (often choppy and to my ears woefully halting) verses (which both thematically and textually have felt rather totally contrived, artificial and as though Andrea Beaty is just and sadly trying way way too hard) and David Roberts's bright but exceedingly over-busy (and caricature-like) illustrations have truly and sadly rubbed me the wrong proverbial way (and furthermore, quite frankly, especially David Roberts' depictions of humans and in particular of Rosie and her family, well sorry, while some readers might indeed consider them cute, entertaning and playful, my own aesthetic conscience feels as though he is actually kind of poking exaggerated fun, almost as though David Roberts wants with his pictorial renderings to promote and even celebrate the attitude and impression that intelligent, that imaginative and innovative people, such as Rosie Revere and some of her nearest and dearest, must by mere necessity also appear as physically strange, with weird clothing, overly coiffed hair styles and the like, thus totally promoting and even enabling the sadly often true universal attiude that if one is intelligent and innovative one must and should physically look weird).

Poor Duncan just wants to color. But when he opens his box of crayons, he finds only letters, all saying the same thing: We quit! This isn't a girl self-esteem book. This is an importance of failure book. There's something I haven't seen a lot of. The main character is a female because the main character had to be something. She could have been a genderless anthropomorphic bear, that's how little sex roles have to do with this story. In this engaging, funny, and exciting example of contemporary realistic fiction, Andrea Beatty has created a character all young students can relate to. Rosie is curious and intelligent but sometimes doubts herself. Readers can follow along as she learns more about herself and learns to believe in herself. Rosie is a second-grader who loves science and loves her family. She often gets herself into trouble by helping family members solve problems with her engineering skills. Een boek over een meisje met veel fantasie, beetje verlegen en met minder zelfvertrouwen. Roza heeft een droom. Dit meisje wil ingenieur worden maar durft dat niet in de klas te zeggen. Ze is uitgelachen. Door een volwassene zelfs.Rosie Revere is quiet by day but at night she is dreaming about creative inventions. When she gets a visit from her Aunt Rose, she is inspired to invent a contraption to fly. Will she be successful? This was a delight and a surprise. Maybe my expectations were just very low because my daughter brings home so many random, forgettable books from the library. Based on the title and cover art, I expected this to be a bland little girls-can-be-engineers-too, girly power kind of book. And then it turned out to be more than that and better than that, and I was delighted! Teaching Engineering with Picture Books: Grade 4: Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty – Engineering Design: Learning Collaboration and Grit

Now perhaps if Andrea Beaty's presented poetry had been a trifle less awkward and stumbling (and with that, also not so utterly frustratingly distracting) and if her oh so very much important messages had been less in one's proverbial face and thus not so maddeningly preachy (about being courageous, about not being afraid of making mistakes, about trying again and again if and when disasters do occur, and yes, these are indeed important lessons for EVERYONE), I might have actually enjoyed Rosie Revere, Engineer. Rosie Revere dreams of becoming a great engineer. She creates wonderful gadgets and gizmos - but only when no one is watching. She's kept her inventions a secret ever since, when she was very small, her uncle Zookeeper Fred laughed at the special cheese hat she designed him to keep snakes at bay. But then great-great-great aunt Rosie, in her red-and-white spotted headscarf, appears on the scene, and helps Rosie to understand that sometimes you've got to risk failure before you can find success. I thought I would love this feminist children's book about a little girl engineer, but I had some problems. Also, visit www.Questioneers.com for posters, activities, educator resources, and other information about the Questioneer books.Rosie dreams of becoming a great engineer when she grows up. She loves to invent gizmos and gadgets, including a hot dog machine and helium pants. She creates a snake-repelling hat for her Uncle Fred. I find it helpful that there’s a lot of extra information about the female riveters at the end of the book as well as an encouragement for kids to talk with older people and learn their stories. Rosie Revere dreams of becoming a great engineer. Where some people see rubbish, Rosie 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 (aka Rosie the Riveter!), who shows her that the first flop isn’t something to fear—it’s something to celebrate. And you can only truly fail if you quit. Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Rosie Revere, Engineer will find this post helpful. It includes resource recommendations, free teaching ideas, and information about the book. You’ll have everything you need to deliver engaging interactive read aloud lessons based on this story.

A deliciously imaginative story about friendship―from the author / illustrator of The Scrambled States of America.

Will no doubt inspire conversations with children about the benefits of failure and the pursuit of dreams.”— School Library Journal This lively and lyrical jaunt from actor and author John Lithgow comes with a CD of his celebrated song! The Rosie Revere Engineer story, written by Andrea Beaty is a lovely book all about perseverance, the moral of the story is to never give up, and change the mindset of ‘I can’t’ or ‘This won’t work!’ to a more positive ‘I can’ or ‘Let's try!’ attitude. This lyrical text follows Rosie who absolutely loves engineering and inventing. Children can get to know Rosie and be inspired by her vision. A vital text, not only to ignite passions about design and technology, but to learn about problem solving and perseverance. It is also a super introduction to the Questioneers, a group of children who are role models in different fields, from science to illustration to engineering. Andrea Beaty has a distinctive poetic style and is supported by David Roberts’ technical illustrations. Links and themes: a lyrical and inspiring tale of a little girl and her friends who learn to keep on creating and to find the progress & learnings out of failures

Young boys and girls will love their time spent with Rosie Revere. They’ll be captivated by the story and colorful illustrations, and also learn about the passion and practicality of science (STEM). The questioneer series is a lovely set of books, each book telling the story of one child who questions, thinks and acts! There are five characters in the series as of now, each book dedicated to that one character. Common Sense is the nation's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of all kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in the 21st century.Rosie is embarrassed, perplexed and dismayed when he laughs at her invention. From that moment, she keeps her creations a secret (under the bed), worried that they will be failures. Roza ziet in allerlei weggegooide spullen en restmaterialen de onderdelen voor de wonderlijkste apparaten. Wie kan er een worstjes-op-brood-automaat of een kaashoed tegen slangen ontwerpen? Roza dus, maar ze verstopt haar uitvindingen. Rosie Revere, Engineer is author Andrea Beaty and illustrator David Roberts’s beloved New York Times bestselling picture book about pursuing one’s passion with persistence and learning to celebrate each failure on the road to achieving one’s dreams. Follow your dreams. Girls can be engineers. You can make things out of found objects. Older relatives may have done interesting things in life and have things to teach you. Work hard and try, try again when you encounter failure. "Life might have failures but this was not it. The only true failure can come if you quit." 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.