Betty Builds It
Combining humor and art with STEM subjects of science, technology, and math, Betty Builds It explores a burgeoning friendship between a genius engineering robot girl and her sweet younger brother who just wants to support his sister.
Betty could build just about anything. Whatever she needs, she can make it for herself. But with a screen as her parental unit and her baby brother Toby who can’t do much, Betty longs for a friend—so she builds one! While Toby struggles to get his sister’s attention, Betty continues to build and build, until finally she realizes what she was looking for was beside her the whole time.
Betty Builds It is a sweet family story of the new friendship between siblings, and also celebrates and promotes women and girls in science.
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Book details
- Author
- Julie Hampton
- Imprint
- West Margin Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 32
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Ages
- 5-8
- Subjects
- Juvenile Fiction › Robots
Juvenile Fiction › Technology
Juvenile Fiction › Family › Siblings - Topics
- robots · siblings · STEM · engineering · building things · friendship · family
- ISBN-13
- 9781513262321
About the author
JULIE HAMPTON is a children’s book author, illustrator, and architect whose work showcases offbeat humor and centers girls and women.
Hampton holds no awards listed in the original biography, but works professionally as both an architect and an author-illustrator.
When she’s not writing, Hampton draws on her background in architecture and her commitment to feminist values. Much of her work explores stories that promote and celebrate girls and women.
Julie lives in San Diego, CA.