Goldie Blox Rules the School! (GoldieBlox)

by Stacy McAnulty, Lissy Marlin (Illustrator)

Overview

An original chapter-book series featuring the characters from GoldieBlox!

This all-new chapter-book series based on the successful toy line focuses on Goldie Blox’s mission to encourage girls to roll up their sleeves and get building! When Goldie Blox accidentally blows off the roof of her school, she and her friends Val, Ruby, and Li have to work together and use their creative know-how to rebuild the school. This 128-page early chapter book is a nonstop laugh-out-loud adventure and perfect for future engineers ages 6 to 9.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780399556340
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	05/02/2017
Series:	A Stepping Stone Book(TM)
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	510L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

Editorial Reviews

2017-03-06
GoldieBlox, the internet's favorite girls-and-engineering toy, expands into chapter books. After an unfortunate incident involving launching the second floor of Goldie's old school into orbit—the Blox School, where the white girl's mother teaches a handful of students—results in the school's closure, Goldie's sent to the prestigious Higgs Bozon Prep. Despite the company of her best friend, Li Zhang, a Chinese-American boy who loves physics and skateboarding, HiBo's rigid rules and conventional conformity are no fit for a wild, creative inventor like Goldie. So she rounds up a team of potential allies: those who want to purge her zaniness from the school (black coder and fashionista Ruby Rails; purple-haired, brown-skinned, shy musician Val; and white, snobby Zeek Zander, the mayor's son, who excels at spending money and math). Through working together in the rebuild (and catching the mayor in a net to force him to listen to their arguments about why the Blox School must reopen), Goldie builds strong friendships with Ruby and Val, who decide that the inventive, fun chaos that disorganized, impulsive Goldie brings makes it worth having her around. There isn't much in the way of STEM content in this series opener, a proliferation of gadgets notwithstanding, but that may come in time, and the affirmation of the role of the imagination in tech is a welcome one. Light on actual science but big on creativity. (Fiction. 6-8)

Kirkus Reviews

03/01/2017
Gr 3–5—When the Blox School is officially closed, Goldie Blox is off to attend Higgs Bozon Prep (HiBo for short) for gifted students. At least her best friend Li will be there. Wearing her signature overalls and T-shirt, Goldie manages to make a big statement on her first day of school, and not because of her big, curly hair, which tends to be filled with such things as markers, hole punchers, and toothbrushes. After a few days at HiBo, Goldie, as well as her new friends, the Gearheads, realize she is not a good fit there. Everyone is expected to make A's (and they do), while Goldie is happy with B's and using her creativity to complete assignments. Wishing to return to Blox School, Goldie enlists her friends to help repair the second story of the school, which she accidentally blew up. Surprisingly, they are able to do it in two days, but they must convince the mayor that it is safe to return. Finally, Goldie is allowed to go back, but decides that maybe HiBo is the place for her after all. She discovers that the best way to make a difference may be by not fitting in. A sequel is sure to follow. VERDICT Light reading for those looking for literature featuring strong characters who think outside the box and are not afraid to make waves.—Martha Rico, El Paso ISD, TX

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