![]() Rosie must prove it one more time when the Raucous Riveters desperately need her help to build a painting machine that would allow a riveter with broken wrists to participate in a mural painting contest. Her inventions often fail, but Rosie never gives up. She loves building machines from old gears, wires, and broken motors, and she gives her models hilarious names (Foolhardyflop, Creative Catastrophe, Magnificent Mess, etc.). The main character Rosie is a creative and ambitious little engineer. In addition, the book pictures the real process of engineering: brainstorming, research, sketching ideas, design, making prototypes, testing and redesign based on performance. SnakeAway, a snake-scaring machine), quirky characters (like Rosie’s great-great-aunt flying on a cheese-copter or her joyful friends, the Raucous Riveters, who built airplanes during the World War II), as well as great messages (dealing with pressure, the power of friendship, overcoming fears). ![]() The story is a great combination of funky inventions (e.g. ![]() ![]() ![]() I had a lot of fun reading “ Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters”, the first chapter book in a new series, “The Questioneers”, by Andrea Beaty. ![]()
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