The Plan for the Gingerbread House: A STEM Engineering Story - Couverture souple

Pattison, Darcy

 
9781629441580: The Plan for the Gingerbread House: A STEM Engineering Story

Synopsis

Pattison’s text begs to be read aloud and Joven’s spreads offer dynamic visuals…” —Kirkus Reviews

“…appealing text…Highly recommended … an excellent tool for teachers or librarians to read before assigning STEM projects.” School Library Journal

STEM KIDS CHRISTMAS BOOK

Kids will learn engineering in this STEM kids Christmas book, a fun, exciting activity for both Christmas and STEM engineering. All you need is gingerbread, candy, and a lot of laughs.

Come one, come all! The Gingerbread Fair opens soon!

Teams of kids are baking, building, and decorating. The engineering project guidelines are clear: the winning house must stand upright on its own and a gingerbread boy and girl must fit inside.

Children’s STEM Book Children’s Christmas Book

Sounds easy? It would be except...cookies burn, the icing is too thin, the house caves-in, someone is eating the candy decorations, and-oh!-they forgot about the gingerbread boy and girl.

Follow the STEM engineering team as they struggle to create the perfect gingerbread house. Young engineers will learn to overcome problems and press on to a finished house. At the end, they evaluate their efforts and plan for a better gingerbread house.

Need a winter STEM engineering activity? This book inspires the budding engineers to think about the classic gingerbread house in a new way. Written in a lyrical rhyme, it's sure to please the language arts folks, too.

Gingerbread Book

This book is perfect for

  • 5-10 year old kids who love Christmas
  • Elementary STEM lessons
  • STEM science, STEM projects engineering
  • STEM activity for Christmas – build your own gingerbread house

This picture book about STEM engineering will become a holiday favorite.

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À propos des auteurs

Children's book author and indie publisher Darcy Pattison writes award-winning fiction and non-fiction books for children. Her works have received starred PW, Kirkus, and BCCB reviews. Awards include the Irma Black Honor award, five NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books, Eureka! Nonfiction Honor book, two Junior Library Guild selections, two NCTE Notable Children's Book in Language Arts, and a 2021 Notable Social Studies Trade Books. She's the 2007 recipient of the Arkansas Governor's Arts Award for Individual Artist for her work in children's literature.

John Joven of Bogotá, Columbia studied graphic design at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He has illustrated over twenty children's books, including Digging for Dinosaurs, A Smithsonian Kids book. His previous Mims House book, A LITTLE BIT OF DINOSAUR, received a starred Kirkus review. Follow his recent work on Instagram: @jjovenart

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9781629441573: The Plan for the Gingerbread House: A STEM Engineering Story

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1629441570 ISBN 13 :  9781629441573
Editeur : Mims House, 2021
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