Mazie's amazing machines

Title:

Author:

Summary:

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! -- Amazon.

Audience:

Ages 5-8. Nancy Paulsen Books.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Genre:

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Simple machines -- Juvenile fiction.

Engineering -- Juvenile fiction.

Helping behavior -- Juvenile fiction.

Families -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Holmes, Jeremy,

Publisher:

Nancy Paulsen Books,

Publication Date:

2023

ISBN:

9780399547867

Publication Information:

New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, [2023]

Call Number:

P HAFT

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Summary

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.

Author Notes

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.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Haft (Goodnight Bubbala) introduces budding engineer Mazie McGear, a white-presenting red-haired child 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 Mazie's thought process: "First I turn on my imagination... Then I draw... Then... I build!" Mazie first rigs up a "food-o-matic" to feed family dog Doodle, who eats "so early every morning." A pulley assembly makes use of Doodle's natural interest in shoe-chewing to dispense food from atop the refrigerator. More machines follow, including the "Teeter-Lever," which shoots basketballs and quells conflict with Mazie's sibling Jake. When the Teeter-Lever inadvertently results in Doodle being delivered onto the roof, the whole family works together, combining the basic principles of Mazie's machines to rescue the dog, rendered via a pop-up page. Pulsing with friendly energy, this STEM-starter conveys the sense that engineering is something any child can do. Back matter explains the ideas behind Mazie's machines. Ages 4--8. (Sept.)