Mazie's Amazing Machines

(Hardback)

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As Mazie delights in building all sorts of fabulous inventions to solve household problems, kids will see how simple machines work. Mazie McGear loves to engineer! Whenever she encounters a problem, she turns on her imagination and starts drawing and building--think blink, ribble scribble, bing bang boom! Need a more convenient way to feed the dog No problem! Mazie invents the Food-o-Matic. Mom needs help carrying boxes No worries! Mazie makes her a Roly-Ramp. You can always count on Mazie to invent a machine that will make life easier--although her brother, Jake, isn't too thrilled with her Waker-Upper Rocket. But no worries. Engineering is so cool that before long he can't help but get into the invention action too! Featuring dynamic illustrations and a fun fold-out spread, this is a book that's sure to inspire budding engineers while celebrating creative out-of-the-box thinking.

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Haft (Goodnight Bubbala) introduces budding engineer Mazie McGear . . . who relishes solving problems and inventing fantastical machines to help out at home. In a palette of rust and turquoise, polished stylized illustrations by Holmes (The Eye That Never Sleeps) show Mazies thought process: First I turn on my imagination . . . Then I draw . . . Then . . . I build! . . . Pulsing with friendly energy, this STEM-starter conveys the sense that engineering is something any child can do. Back matter explains the ideas behind Mazies machines. Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

Sheryl Haft (sherylhaft.com) founded Let's Engineer!, a pre-school and elementary after-school program that teaches engineering principles through design and invention-building. Sheryl's love of tinkering began by working in the garage with her dad, creating patented inventions. She is the author of other joyful, imaginative books- I Love You, Blankie, Baby Boo, I Love You and Goodnight Bubbala. She and her family live in New York City and Wyoming.