This seems to be a typical scene where an adult unconsciously silences a child: Rosie cared about Fred and treated him as an equal, but she didn’t receive the same respect from Fred. Even when Rosie showed that she was “embarrassed, perplexed, and dismayed”, he still pretended that he loved it (“‘I love it,’ Fred hooted, ‘Oh, truly I do.’”).
But Fred “laughed till he wheezed, and his eyes filled with tears”. When Rosie showed Fred the python-repelling cheese hat, she was very serious and was proud of her new invention. It was all because of an incident that happened when she invented a python-repelling cheese hat for her uncle Fred, a zookeeper. Hot dog dispensers, helium pants, python-repelling cheese hats… These were all designed and created by herself!Īlthough she had many surprisingly ingenious ideas, Rosie was shy and never spoke her engineer dream out loud. She was so creative and passionate about engineering that she could make her inventions just from odds and ends. Rosie Revere dreamed of becoming a great engineer. It addresses a wider range of topics, such as child-adult power dynamics, girls in STEM, and children’s conflict management. This picture book talks about more than a little girl’s engineer dream. But among them all, I would still nominate Rosie Revere, Engineer for the most inspirational and delightful one for children (and even adults) to read. How couldn’t I love them? They all have bright, whimsical illustrations and humorous, rhyming texts that hold such a special charm. In fact, after the first book, Rosie Revere, Engineer, I couldn’t help but finish all the other three books in the series. When knowing that I wanted to center my thesis on girls’ representation in children’s literature, she said, “do you know Andrea Beaty? She’s the author of the picture book Rosie Revere, Engineer. About a year ago, I visited my master’s thesis supervisor.
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