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Explores a burgeoning friendship between a genius engineering robot girl and her sweet younger brother who just wants to support his sister.
About the author
Julie Hampton is a children’s book author and illustrator, architect, and proud feminist. She creates stories and art that showcase her offbeat humor, and loves to promote girls and women through her work. Julie lives in San Diego, CA.
Summary
Explores a burgeoning friendship between a genius engineering robot girl and her sweet younger brother who just wants to support his sister.
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- Author events in California.
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"The focus on engineering and troubleshooting could make this a great addition to a STEAM-powered storytime, and its traditional ending about learning to get along with your siblings makes the book well rounded. . . . readers will like watching Betty use everyday materials and tools, like skateboard wheels and speaker components, to alter her friend to her new specifications, showing the everyday applications of building and inventing. A solid STEAM-inspired addition."
—School Library Journal
"A female character with robotic engineering skills will be a welcome addition in many classrooms and library collections. You go girl—use those mechanical skills."
—Kirkus Reviews
"This cute story brings home two major life truths. Necessity is the mother of invention! Need has a way of pressing us into remedies. And, often what we need is right in front of us all the time! Little Betty is a lonely little bot. She can build just about anything. One day she sets herself to building a friend that can run fast, jump high, and talk, just like her. When things begin to go wrong, Betty realizes what she longs for has been right in front of her all along!"
—Children's Bookwatch
