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Ada Twist, Scientist

by Andrea Beaty · first published 2016

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Ada Twist, Scientist is a 2016 children's picture book written by Andrea Beaty and illustrated by David Roberts. The story was well received and praised for encouraging children, especially girls, to develop an interest in STEM.

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  • organsnyder · Apr 18, 2018 · Recommends

    Some of my favorites: - "Book with No Pictures" (B.J. Novak [yes, that's Ryan from The Office]) - anything by Sandra Boynton - Boxcar Children series - Cam Jansen series - "Ada Twist, Scientist" (Andrea Beaty) We have tons of books, from a variety of sources; some are duds, IMHO, mainly gifts from my MIL (tip for giving books to children: read through them first, from the perspective of reading…

    on “Reading Aloud to Young Children Has Benefits for Behavior and Attention” ↗
  • wmoser · Sep 19, 2020 · Recommends

    …screws for door hinges, she helps cook dinner when we’re not in a rush and sits on my wife’s lap when she’s using the sewing machine. [1] Baby loves science books by Ruth Spiro [2] Books by Andrea Beaty, Ada Twist scientist etc, Grace Hopper:Queen of computer Code that I bought from Adafruit, How things work and sorry I don’t have the authors name right on hand but he has some other great books on architecture ‘built to…

    on “Ask HN: For parents, how do you expose your kids to STEM?” ↗

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