Ruby Goldberg's Bright Idea
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Ruby wants first prize at the fifth grade science fair–and she thinks her quirky, creative, Rube Goldberg-esque invention is just the way to get it! Ten-year-old Ruby Goldberg is determined to win her school science fair and beat her nemesis Dominic Robinson. She’s snagged second place for the last two years, and she’s set on claiming first prize. The only trouble is that Ruby has no ideas. When her grandfather’s beloved basset hound dies, Ruby thinks of the perfect thing that will cheer him up and win her first place–an innovative, state-of-the-art, not-to-be-duplicated Ruby Goldberg invention! Before long Ruby is so busy working on her idea that she ignores everything else in her life, including her best friend, Penny. And what started out as simple turns into something much more complicated! Can Ruby get her priorities–and the mechanisms of her project–in order before it’s too late?
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- Ruby wants to make a machine that will be useful to someone she loves. If you were to make a Rube Goldberg machine, what would you want it to do?
- At first, Ruby doesn't want a partner for her project, but she realizes that strengths and help from someone else could benefit her project. Who around you has strengths different from your own, and when might it be a good idea to ask them for help?
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The Creatives Behind the Book
Vanessa Brantley-Newton is a self taught illustrator of more than 80 children’s books. She first fell in love with picture books when she was read the Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats as a child. It was the first time Vanessa saw an image of a brown child that looked like her. Diversity is at the very heart of her illustrations and storytelling. She has written and illustrated three of her own books, Let Freedom Sing, Don’t Let Auntie Mabel Bless The Table and Grandma’s Purse. Vanessa wants every child to know the joy she felt when she saw herself in a picture book. “I want every child to know that I see you.” Vanessa is a lover of music and food. When she isn’t creating children’s Books she is cooking or singing somewhere. She lives in NC with her husband of 25 years and her daughter Zoe.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781442480292
- Publication Date
- January 20, 2015
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Page Count
- 144
- Words Per Page
- 196
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Reading Age
- 8 - 12 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2013002034
- Lexile® Level
- 850L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~T
- ATOS® Book Level
- 5.3
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 4
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 164790
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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