Ellie, Engineer: In the Spotlight
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
Ellie the Engineer is back in a third charming, hilarious, illustrated story filled with creative, STEM-powered fun!
"Look out, Junie B. Jones! Ellie the engineer is thinking, making, creating, and showing enthusiasm and brilliance with her creations!" - School Library Connection on Ellie, Engineer
Ellie enters a pageant with her best friend Kit, which means lots of glitter, hairspray, and chances to make new friends. After all, Ellie has lots of engineering ideas to help the other girls with their talents, like building a light-up skateboard ramp for Kit!
But one contestant, Kit's not-so-nice pageant rival Melody, makes fun of Ellie's tool belt and thinks engineering is messy. And when Melody's rabbit--part of her magic act--goes missing, Ellie knows that she can build a contraption to catch him. But Melody's comments have made Ellie start to doubt herself--what if a pageant isn't a place for engineering?
With Ellie's designs and sketches throughout, and her fun guide to electricity and circuits in the back, the continuation of this delightful series will leave young readers laughing and inspired to create.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Juggling themes of friendship, honesty, and ingenuity, Pearce (The Inside Job) introduces Ellie Bell, a self-described "neighborhood engineer" whose projects include building a water balloon launcher to bombard boys who won't let her play soccer with them. Throughout, Pearce emphasizes Ellie's persistence and individuality: Ellie wears her tool belt over a "fluffy and purple" skirt and takes ballet lessons with her best friend Kit, a beauty pageant competitor. After eavesdropping, Ellie concludes that Kit's mother is planning on giving her a dog for her birthday, which sets the young engineer's creative wheels in motion. Ellie enlists her friends' help to build a doghouse, but she doesn't tell them who else is pitching in, which makes for hurt feelings one thing Ellie has trouble fixing. Ellie's less-than-successful creations make for some funny moments ( "It does look like your hair is French braided underneath the knots," she consoles Kit after a disastrous tryout of a hair-braiding device), and Mourning's notebook-style images help give a sense of how Ellie's brain works. Ages 8 12. Author's)
