
And you can only truly fail, if you quit. 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. Hot dog dispensers, helium pants, python-repelling cheese hats: Rosie’s gizmos would astound-if she ever let anyone see them.Īfraid of failure, she hides them away under her bed. It has a message to impart, but it does so with a light touch and in the context of a good story with emotional ups and downs.

Alone in her room at night, shy Rosie constructs great inventions from odds and ends. ROSIE REVERE, ENGINEER is a wonderful book filled with humor, delightful rhyming verse, and colorful, detailed watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations. Andrea Beaty and David Roberts, the author-illustrator team behind the classic pictures books Iggy Peck, Architect and Ada Twist, Scientist have whipped up another stunning. Where some people see rubbish, Rosie Revere sees inspiration. Where some people see rubbish, Rosie sees inspiration. Summary: This is the story of Rosie Revere, who dreamed of becoming a great engineer. Rosie Revere dreamed of becoming a great engineer.

The 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.Īnd now you can follow Rosie’s further adventures-with her friends Iggy Peck and Ada Twist-in the instant New York Times bestseller Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters, the first in a BRAND-NEW chapter book series, The Questioneers!
