Review of Ada Twist, Scientist

Ada Twist, Scientist                                                  
Written by Andrea Beauty
Illustrated by David Roberts
Ages:  5 - 7
Grade level:  K – 2

If you love reading Dr. Suess out-loud, then you’ll love this book!  Plus, it’s a beauty of a story!  Ada doesn’t talk until she’s 3, but her parents remain calm.They read, find answers, and wait…till Ada scales a clock and speaks her first words: why, what, how, and when?  A scientist is born!  By 2nd grade, she tries to find and eliminate a stinky smell, but her solution only leads to time-out and the thinking chair.  Ada Twist, scientist, doesn’t pout…she thinks of questions, then  more questions, and she writes them all over the wall.  Her parents don’t explode.  They research, then remake their home to help Ada separate fiction from fact.  If you like stories in verse, with girl power and wise parents, check out Iggy Peck, Architect, and Rosie Revere, Engineer, also by Andrea Beauty. ​

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