A Great Book for Kids

Love this! I also recently found two kids’ books about a female engineer and scientist: https://www.amazon.com/Rosie-Revere-Engineer-Andrea-Beaty/dp/1419708457

I love the look of this book! I am a mum:mom of 4 children under 6 so I am always happy to find new books to read to make sure we have plenty of variety and I don’t go mad reading the same old favourites!

We read all the classics too but I wrote about my top books for preschoolers that they won’t already have, here:

https://themumandthemom.com/2016/12/10/books-to-give-to-children-that-they-wont-already-have/

…thanks for another great post!
H

Definitely getting this! My toddler is currently obsessed with “work” and what his dad and I do. It’s fascinating. He knows dad works at a museum, and he wants to also. He told us “I work at a big museum and have a corner office with no windows. I make many phone calls.” He concept as to what I do is trickier (I work at a public art organization). First, he thought I worked in the subway (since I take it to work every day), then when I tried explaining what I do, he said “Mommy, I say you are a teacher because you say ‘Let’s look at this. Let’s investigate this’ and you tell people all the good things.” He gets to go to events and openings at our jobs and enjoys it so much. This past weekend, while getting ready to go to something he said “Yay! I love going to the work!” I love that he thinks work is a positive thing.

I love books like this because my daughter (and most kids, I suspect) crave information. She wants to know specifics, and wants to know why things are done the way they are. It can take a long time to explain details that seem tedious and mundane to me, but I keep dong it because of that serious, concentrating look on her face

Ooh this book looks great! My son would love it. (In case no one has mentioned it, a lot of the Richard Scarry books have been updated recently to be more inclusive, etc.)

This book looks fantastic. My kids loved books like this when they were a bit younger. It reminds me a bit about “In the Town, All Year Round”, which has no words, only big pictures. You follow the same cast of characters through different scenes throughout the year. Great diversity in terms of age, color, gender, etc.

We’ve read Ada Twist, Scientist about a thousand times since getting it out of the library last week! And we just had to return The Color of Us (also read many, many, many times).

Thanks for this! I actually had the Richard Scarry’s version (What Do People Do All Day) in my Amazon cart, but just subbed it out for this awesome-looking book!

“She earned it by taking such good care of the house.” Yiiiiiiikes!

That book looks awesome. I have to put in a word for the Richard Scarry book, though. My kids love that one–and even though I choke a little on that line about “she earned it by taking good care of the house”, it’s a fact that that is some women’s reality, by their choice! In fact, it’s my choice–and although I wouldn’t use that exact phrase, I think it’s important to remember that a woman who chooses to stay at home is still working, and if she gets a new dress or something it’s not like she’s spending her husband’s money–she is contributing and earning in her own way. That said, I want my daughters (who each have a different color of skin) to feel that the world is open to them, whatever their ethnicity and whatever their career choice–astronaut, homemaker, maybe both at different times of their lives. So I will try to add the new book to our collection too!

the book looks great! i am always trying to find books that will help show our daughters that they can be anything they want to be. when i had girls, i realized how many books have male main characters!

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