SERIES THURSDAY: Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters/Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants by Andrea Beaty
ABOUT THE BOOK
Rosie Revere is no stranger to flops and fails, kerfuffles and catastrophes. After all, engineering is all about perseverance! But this time, Rosie has a really important project to tackle—one that feels much bigger than herself.
Rosie’s beloved Aunt Rose and her friends, the Raucous Riveters—a group of fun-loving gals who built airplanes during World War II—need help inventing something new. And Rosie is just the engineer for the job!
After one flop . . . then another . . . and another . . . Rosie starts to lose hope. But thanks to some help from her fellow Questioneers Iggy Peck and Ada Twist, Rosie gets the job done. And, along with the Riveters, she rediscovers the meaning of home.
REVIEW
There were things about this book that I liked and things that I didn't. I liked Rosie and her friends and their persistence in the face of failure. Rosie kept experimenting even when her experiments didn't work. Although it did take the addition of her friends to help her when she got discouraged. I'm not sure the final solution would work in real life but it makes for an amusing solution in the book. I did enjoy the interactions between Rosie and the Riveters, a group of older ladies who worked on airplanes during World War II. I thought it was fun to combine some history and engineering this way. This book would be fun to use with STEM activities. Roberts illustrations added a nice touch, especially the chapter beginnings. I wasn't such a fan of the solution that was presented, it seemed rather outlandish, I would have preferred something rather more realistic. The book had a touch more silliness to it than I would have liked for a STEM book. However, this won't bother a lot of young readers. In fact, they may actually enjoy the silliness and touch of absurdity. In fact it may inspire them to do some engineering of their own. In that regard the book is definitely a success.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Ada Twist is full of questions. A scientist to her very core, Ada asks why again and again. One question always leads to another until she’s off on a journey of discovery! When Rosie Revere’s Uncle Ned gets a little carried away wearing his famous helium pants, it’s up to Ada and friends to chase him down. As Uncle Ned floats farther and farther away, Ada starts asking lots of questions: How high can a balloon float? Is it possible for Uncle Ned to float into outer space? And what’s the best plan for getting him down?
REVIEW
I enjoyed this book more than the first book in the series, Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters, probably because I'm more into science than engineering. But I still struggled with the absurd elements of the story. I mean the problem that Ada is trying to solve involves Rosie's Uncle Ned whose pants are filled with helium, leading him to float off when his 'leash' is accidentally released. Ada uses her science knowledge and skills to try to get Uncle Ned back to the ground, or at least close enough to the fire truck that he can be grabbed. I enjoyed the actual science aspects of the story, the principles and ideas that Ada and her friends come up with as well as the experiments that Ada is working on at the beginning of the story. I just rolled my eyes a bit at the idea of pants full of helium lifting anyone off the ground. But young readers aren't likely to be as bothered by that as I am, this is a series that is specifically aimed at a young audience, combing STEM principles with some silliness to make for an enjoyable read. I think the book could be used as an introduction to some STEM activities, but it isn't a real practical or realistic read other than the actual science included.
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