Build alongside Ellie from the beginning
Start with Ellie, Engineer, where a surprise doghouse project introduces her workshop, friends, sketches, and collaborative problem-solving.
Book Series · 3 Books
In order from The Next Level to Ellie, Engineer.
Three illustrated middle-grade stories follow Ellie Bell as she designs useful inventions, works through friendship problems, and shows that engineering belongs to everyone.
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Read the three books in publication order: Ellie, Engineer; The Next Level; then In the Spotlight. Bloomsbury presents them as one series but does not print volume numbers, so this page keeps them unnumbered rather than inventing an official sequence.
The stories build on Ellie's friendships and growing confidence, but each centers on a new project and can be understood on its own.
Friendship conflict and gender stereotypes create most of the tension. Adults or other children sometimes assume that boys deserve credit for engineering or that pageants and tools do not belong together, and Ellie has to challenge those ideas.
The books include Ellie's sketches and practical STEM back matter about tools, simple machines, and circuits. Projects should still be matched to a child's age and supervised when real tools or electricity are involved.
Start with Ellie, Engineer, where a surprise doghouse project introduces her workshop, friends, sketches, and collaborative problem-solving.
Ellie must prove her engineering skills to a skeptical neighbor who credits her friend instead.
3 books · Published 2018–2019
Ellie must prove her engineering skills to a skeptical neighbor who credits her friend instead.
An engineer in a pageant faces doubts and a missing rabbit mystery. Can creativity save the day?
Can Ellie engineer a secret birthday surprise without revealing her plans?
There are 3 books in the Ellie, Engineer series. It began with The Next Level in 2018, and the newest book, Ellie, Engineer, was published in 2018.
Start with The Next Level and follow the series order — the books above are numbered #1 through #3.
The series is best for ages 8–12, based on the age ranges of the individual books.
In the Spotlight (Book #3) is the longest book in the series at 24,501 words (208 pages).
Ellie, Engineer is the shortest at 20,590 words (208 pages).
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