Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters (The Questioneers Series #1)

by Andrea Beaty Narrated by Rachel L. Jacobs

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

This STEM-centered series glorifies the women of engineering, all through the perspective of young Rosie and her group of raucous riveters. It’s the story of perseverance, of ingenuity and of the importance of community, and it will entertain you through the entirety of the series.

Rosie Revere is no stranger to flops and fails, kerfuffles and catastrophes. After all, she's an engineer, and engineering is all about perseverance! But sometimes, Rosie has a really important project to tackle-one that feels much bigger than herself. When Rosie's beloved Aunt Rose and her pals the Raucous Riveters-a gaggle of fun-loving gals who built airplanes during World War II-need her help, it's up to Rosie to save the day. Will Rosie be able to invent a contraption to help one of the Riveters paint in the annual mural competition? After one flop...then another...and another...Rosie starts to lose hope. But thanks to some help from her classmates Iggy Peck and Ada Twist, Rosie creates the Paintapolooza! and, along with the Riveters, rediscovers the meaning of home.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

08/13/2018
The duo behind the bestselling STEAM-based picture book series that introduced engineer Rosie Revere, architect Iggy Peck, and scientist Ada Twist turns the kids into a team, “the Questioneers,” in a spirited chapter book series opener. The kids are as ambitious as ever, and Rosie’s great-great-aunt Rose supplies additional pizzazz with her fellow Blue River Riveters, who built airplanes together during WWII and now spend their days laughing, singing, dancing, and helping one another—all sporting polka-dot kerchiefs. When artist June breaks both wrists in a motor-scooter mishap, Aunt Rose directs Rosie to invent something on a tight timeline so that June can participate in an art contest, despite her double casts. The young engineer leaps into action, using “springs and strings and other things” to repurpose a failed invention. Through a sequence of trials, neatly captured in Roberts’s buoyant illustrations, Rosie creates the Paintapalooza. Design elements (graph paper, illustrated inventions) give the book a scientific feel, and the collaborators again balance entertainment with key life lessons in problem-solving, persistence, and resilience. Final art not seen by PW. Ages 6–9. Author’s agent: Rebecca Sherman, Writers House. Illustrator’s agent: Christine Isteed, Artist Partners. (Oct.)

School Library Connection

"Readers will be engaged throughout this charming fictional story, and enjoy saying the silly sounds while learning about engineers and perseverance."

Booklist

"Rosie places an emphasis on not being afraid of failure, and if she ever gets carried away by excitement or doubt, she must "STOP AND THINK!" The strength of this series is in the positive portrayal of diverse kids engaging in various arts and sciences."

From the Publisher

"Plenty of affection, creativity, and raucous older ladies to make readers smile."—Kirkus Reviews

"The duo behind the bestselling STEAM-based picture book series that introduced engineer Rosie Revere, architect Iggy Peck, and scientist Ada Twist turns the kids into a team, “the Questioneers,” in a spirited chapter book series opener."

—Publishers Weekly

"Rosie places an emphasis on not being afraid of failure, and if she ever gets carried away by excitement or doubt, she must "STOP AND THINK!" The strength of this series is in the positive portrayal of diverse kids engaging in various arts and sciences."—Booklist

"Readers will be engaged throughout this charming fictional story, and enjoy saying the silly sounds while learning about engineers and perseverance."—School Library Connection

Booklist

"Rosie places an emphasis on not being afraid of failure, and if she ever gets carried away by excitement or doubt, she must "STOP AND THINK!" The strength of this series is in the positive portrayal of diverse kids engaging in various arts and sciences."

OCTOBER 2018 - AudioFile

Narrator Rachel L. Jacobs’s dynamic voice along with expert sound effects and music combine to delight listeners who love Rosie Revere and her fellow Questioneers. Rosie, a young engineer, has been asked by her great-great Aunt Rose to help with a fellow riveter’s engineering emergency. Along with friends Ada Twist and Iggy Peck, Rosie tries, fails, tries, and fails, over and over. Goofy sound effects will help listeners imagine all the delightful disasters and wild successes. Jacobs helps create a world of rich, warm voices for each character. Listeners will hear how to craft good questions, solve complex problems, and work to help others. The audiobook concludes with notes on the science of valves and the history of the riveters during WWII. E.E.C. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

Kirkus Reviews

2018-08-01

That intrepid, polka-dot-kerchief-wearing engineer, Rosie Revere, stars in this inaugural installment of a chapter-book series based on Beaty and Roberts' popular picture books.

Emergency! The Blue River Riveters need Rosie's help. A sister Riveter has broken both wrists in a motor-scooter mishap and needs mechanical assistance to participate in the upcoming Art-a-Go-Go contest. The Riveters, a tightknit family by choice brought together building B-29s during World War II, convince Rosie to do her part. Undaunted by the two-day deadline, Rosie draws on her own knowledge and experience to get the job done, and her pals, scientist Ada Twist and architect Iggy Peck, lend a hand as Rosie tries and tries again until she gets it right with the Paintapalooza 9. But when the artist's arms grow tired in the middle of the contest, Rosie turns to an unexpected ally to get her back to work. The story has significant visual elements: Onomatopoeia and liberal capitalization make the text pop, and the grid-patterned art and design elements familiar from the picture books inspire a science-notebook feel. There's a fair amount of diversity, either acknowledged in the text or portrayed in the black-and-white illustrations: Rosie and Iggy are white, and Ada is black, while among the Riveters, wheelchair-driving Eleanor, aka the Boss, is Asian, Ada's great-aunt Bernice is black, and the remainder of the Riveters appear to be diverse in the artwork. Backmatter includes further information on valves and on the history of Rosie the Riveter.

No history lessons here but plenty of affection, creativity, and raucous older ladies to make readers smile. (Fiction. 5-9)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940175457484
Publisher:	Dreamscape Media
Publication date:	10/02/2018
Series:	Questioneers Series , #1
Edition description:	Unabridged
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

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