Albie Newton

Written by Josh Funk · Illustrated by Ester Garay

A child genius's plan to make friends turns into chaos. Can he fix it?

5.8/7 Bookroo expert·3.9/5 Goodreads · 264 ratings

26 pages· 346 words· Est. 3 min read-aloud· 630L

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Bookroo's summary

Albie Newton, a child genius and inventive whiz, starts preschool with a plan to make friends. But his creative ideas lead to chaos, angering his classmates by dismantling toys and causing a mess. Can Albie's latest invention win back their friendship and make things right? Discover if his brilliance can mend the bonds he's broken in this charming tale of creativity and camaraderie.

From the publisher

Meet Albie Newton: child genius. But when this whiz of an inventor enters a new preschool, his perfect plan for making friends turns into a disaster: he steals the hamster’s wheel, snatches the wings off a toy airplane, and generally creates a giant mess. Now everyone’s angry! Will his new invention delight the other kids enough to make everything right–and win their friendship?

At a glance

Format
Pages: 26
Words: 346
Reading age: 5–9
Audience: Picture
Lexile: 630L

Themes & topics

Books about inventions Books about starting school Books about making friends Books about engineering Books about friendship

What readers & critics say

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5.8

“This has a lot of layers for a book about preschoolers... and I love it! The cadence is awesome (I'm a sucker for great rhyme), which makes this a fun read-aloud, and the illustrations have lots of little things going on, leaving new things to discover on multiple read-throughs—the children's expressions are particularly interesting as you watch their different reactions to Albie's behavior. This book manages to both be one that preschoolers can relate to and one that touches on more adult themes like genius level intelligence vs social intelligence.”

Marmee

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