Iggy Peck, Architect (The Questioneers)

A hilarious, irreverent book about doing your own thing Meet Iggy Peckcreative, independent, and not afraid to express himself! In the spirit of David Shannons No, David and Rosemary Wellss Noisy Nora , Iggy Peck will delight readers looking for irreverent, inspired fun. Iggy has one passion: building. His parents are proud of his fabulous creations, though theyre sometimes surprised by his materialswho could forget the tower he built of dirty diapers? When his second-grade teacher declares her dislike of architecture, Iggy faces a challenge. He loves building too much to give it up! With Andrea Beatys irresistible rhyming text and David Robertss puckish illustrations, this book will charm creative kids everywhere, and amuse their sometimes bewildered parents. Also from the powerhouse author-illustrator team of Iggy Peck, Architect , is Rosie Revere, Engineer , a charming, witty picture book about believing in yourself and pursuing your passion. Ada Twist, Scientist , the companion picture book featuring the next kid from Iggy Peck's class, is available in September 2016.

A hilarious, irreverent book about doing your own thing

Meet Iggy Peck—creative, independent, and not afraid to express himself! In the spirit of David Shannon's No, David and Rosemary Wells's Noisy Nora, Iggy Peck will delight readers looking for irreverent, inspired fun.

Iggy has one passion: building. His parents are proud of his fabulous creations, though they're sometimes surprised by his materials—who could forget the tower he built of dirty diapers? When his second-grade teacher declares her dislike of architecture, Iggy faces a challenge. He loves building too much to give it up! With Andrea Beaty's irresistible rhyming text and David Roberts's puckish illustrations, this book will charm creative kids everywhere, and amuse their sometimes bewildered parents.

Publishers Weekly

Youthful irreverence and creativity find a champion in this tale of Iggy Peck, a child who once built a great tower-in only an hour-/ with nothing but diapers and glue. At the sight (and smell) of this wonder, Iggy's mother memorably responds, Good Gracious, Ignacious! She supports his precocity, despite his preferred media. When Iggy arrives in second grade, however, his teacher forbids such follies, based on her childhood fear of skyscrapers. Her backstory suggests teachers' rules can be arbitrary, not to mention damaging to inventive students: With no chance to build, his interest was killed, and Iggy droops disconsolately at his desk amid blank negative space. His ennui lasts until a fortuitous school picnic, when a rickety footbridge collapses (and so does the teacher); led by Iggy, the children construct a suspension bridge from boots, tree roots and strings, fruit roll-ups and things/ (some of which one should not mention), including undies. Beaty (When Giants Come to Play) favors sprightly stanzas, while Roberts (Mrs. Crump's Cat) drafts orderly watercolor images on, alternately, clean white paper and graph paper. The structured rhymes and controlled illustrations fit the architectural theme, and if the mannered poetry strains at times, Roberts breaks free of the stylization with absorbing details. Each of Iggy's 16 classmates, for example, has his or her own unique quality, implying the variety of personalities and potentials to be appreciated in any group of children. Ages 4-8. (Oct.)

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This beloved New York Times bestselling picture book is a fun-filled, inspiring story about the power of teamwork and the importance of celebrating individual gifts and self-expression. And now you can follow Iggy's further adventures--with his friends Rosie Revere and Ada Twist--in the instant New York Times bestseller Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters, an all-new chapter book starring The Questioneers! Some kids sculpt sand castles. Some make mud pies. Some construct great block towers. But none are better at building than Iggy Peck, who once erected a life-size replica of the Great Sphinx on his front lawn! It's too bad that few people appreciate Iggy's talent--certainly not his second-grade teacher, Miss Lila Greer. It looks as if Iggy will have to trade in his T square for a box of crayons ... until a fateful field trip proves just how useful a mast builder can be "Young architects learn about spatial reasoning and building in three dimensions as they construct one realistic house after another! Children just follow the prompts on our activity cards--slotting together plastic walls, floors and roofs to create 10 different houses even professionals would be proud of. With every house they complete, kids develop essential STEM skills and spatial awareness. You get 10 activity cards, 41 building pieces and a guide. Floor panels measure 4 1D " wide"--Lakeshore Learning website Ever since he was a baby, Iggy Peck has built towers, bridges, and buildings, which comes in handy when his second grade class is stranded on an island during a picnic