And, they were right! I was able to print off a teacher's discussion guide right from the Abrams Books website to go along with this book, and used it to with our reading. So, they were not only excited to read this new chapter book series, but knew I would be doing lesson plans for school around this book and the upcoming musical. It’s very special for me, as my paternal grandmother was one of those women.Right around the holidays, we were sent the first book in the series, and this was the same time I told the girls I bought us tickets to the musical.

This book is an ode to the millions of women who worked in factories of all allied nations during the World War II, building airplanes, ships and tanks and making guns and bullets needed for the war effort.

Together with her project-minded and supportive friends, Ada Twist and Iggy Peck, Rosie works really hard and even finds enough courage to approach a person she’s been scared of for a long time. 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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