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Rosie Revere, Engineer

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Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty, and David Roberts

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By Andrea Beaty, and and, David Roberts

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From the powerhouse author/illustrator team of Iggy Peck, Architect comes Rosie Revere, Engineer, another charming, witty picture book about pursuing your passion. Rosie may seem quiet during the day, but at night she’s a brilliant inventor of gizmos and gadgets who dreams of becoming a great engineer. When her Great, Great Aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) comes for a visit and mentions her one unfinished goal—to fly—Rosie sets to work building a contraption to make her aunt’s dream come true. Her invention complete, Rosie attempts a test flight—but after a moment, the machine crashes to the ground. Discouraged, Rosie deems the invention a failure, but Aunt Rose insists that on the contrary, it was a raging success. You can only truly fail, she explains, if you quit. Reassured, Rosie returns to her engineering and inspires her classmates to join in the fun.

Reviews

03 Sep 2024

I have given this book 3 stars because although it is a good story, it is quite a short book.

24 Aug 2024

When life has failure keeping trying again and finally you will succeed because nothing is impossible. Also, just don’t quit

06 Aug 2024

I think its a really good book to show children they should never give up on what they want to do.

31 Jul 2024

I really like this story. We did it at school.

22 Jul 2024

It was a factual story and I !liked it.

21 Sep 2023

I liked that this book was about trying.

08 Sep 2023

I liked this book because it shows you not to give up and believe in your own ideas.

03 Sep 2023

I loved this story to help inspire children to follow their dreams and not give up on their passions. It’s a story which highlights perseverance and also the history of women in aviation. I love that it shows women working in jobs which can often be quite male dominated. I also enjoyed the rhyming aspect.

09 Aug 2023

It told me that you should never give up even if you make mistakes and you can't go through life without at least one and Rosie made lots of inventions and didn't give up on any of them and there is only one big mistake you can make and that is giving up.

03 Aug 2023

interesting

03 Aug 2023

First experience of being an engineer

23 Jul 2023

This book is about a little girl who loves making inventions but is disheartened when she makes her uncle a hat to keep off snakes and he laughs at her. That is until she meets a great aunt who encourages her to help make a flying machine and she keeps trying until she succeeds. It’s based on women during the world war who invented lots of things to help the soldiers.
I really liked this book because I like books that rhyme but it is also inspirational and the kind of book I’d like my daughter to read.

21 Jul 2023

Return in delightful verse and third with Sneaky histories of women in aviation, it’s perfect inspirational material for young makers. Comically detailed mixed media illustrations keep the mood light and emphasise Rosie’s creativity at every turn

07 Jul 2023

My uncle got me this book for my 6th birthday
what he is trying to tell me is that i can do big things if i put my mind to it
this goes for EVERYONE not just rosies

13 Sep 2022

It was a good book.

29 Aug 2022

I like all the inventions. I like to make inventions too.

29 Aug 2022

Rosie Revere used to make gadgets for her uncles and aunts but when she made a cheese hat for one of her uncles, it went very wrong. She decided never to share her inventions again.
But when her oldest relation came to visit, she taught Rosie the value of trying hard.

27 Aug 2022

I loved reading this book as it had lots of fun and silly inventions which made me laugh.

I liked Rosie Revere as she was trying her best.

I would recommend this book to everyone as it shares a message within it.

19 Aug 2022

My favourite character was Rosie, I liked her because she is a great engineer.

The book teaches people to always keep trying.

I might recommend it my friends

18 Aug 2022

My dad works at eight space

16 Aug 2022

I love how this book shows that its OK for thing to go wrong. You just need to keep trying

15 Aug 2022

What a fantastic book to introduce the world of engineering to a young audience through story and rhyme. The illustrations are fab too.
A definite recommendation for primary school children. I will be sharing it with my class!

09 Aug 2022

I like the moral of this story. I like the illustration too.

04 Aug 2022

My favourite character was Rosie’s uncle.
I liked the car she made.

01 Aug 2022

Some kids are just geniuses. I would definitely recommend this book because it gives people ideas to change the world. It teaches you that sometimes you have to try again to succeed.

27 Jul 2022

I thought it was nice nice because I liked it when aunt rose got to fly in the helicopter.

22 Jul 2022

I liked every bit about this book!!! My favourite bit about the book was when Rosie failed and then got better!!!

22 Jul 2022

I like the book Rosie Revere, Engineer because I like how Rosie dreams of becoming an engineer. And I also like how even when Rosie favourite uncle made fun of her, she didn't let that stop her becoming Rosie Revere, Engineer.

15 Jul 2022

This book motivates you and makes you want to build something. I recommend this book because it’s really funny.

04 Jul 2022

Great read. My mum is an engineer

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