Read this when
Rosie Revere, Engineer
Her first invention crashed. Her aunt cheered anyway. 🛠️
Who it's for
Many children (and adults) stop making things after one laugh or one failure.
Discouraged / Embarrassed→Proud, willing to try again
Feelings it meets
What it is
Rosie secretly builds inventions from odds and ends in her attic. After her zookeeper uncle laughs at a hat she made him, she stops sharing her ideas. When her great-great-aunt Rose visits and mentions her dream of flying, Rosie builds a flying machine. It crashes, and Rosie is ready to give up, but Aunt Rose cheers the attempt as a brilliant first try.
Where to find it
In print (Abrams), ebook; widely held in libraries. Part of the Questioneers series.
Before you start
Heads up: A child is laughed at and gives up.
Age: Picture book (about ages 5–7)
I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.Booker T. Washington, Up from Slavery, Chapter II
