”Pull up a chair, it’s a Saturday Book Share”.

Here’s to celebrating books that strike my fancy every week!

Ruby Goldberg’s Bright Idea by Anna Humphrey, illustrated by Vanessa Brantley Newton – Realistic Fiction, middle grade, 3^rd grade and up – Well, first off, fantastic. I’ve had many students who get stuck in their heads distracted by their brilliant ideas and sort of lose track of those around them. Ruby Goldberg is a girl who has the best of intentions with her friends and family but often gets lost in her ideas and this creates some terrific conflict. I loved the competition feel throughout the story, the collaboration that comes of someone being a little flexible, and science celebrations throughout the book. Also, the grieving of the grandfather after his basset hound passes away is thoughtfully developed through the book.

Goodreads Summary: “Ruby wants first prize at the fifth grade science fair and she thinks her quirky, creative, Rube Goldbergesque invention is just the way to get it!
Ten-year-old Ruby Goldberg is determined to win her school science fair and beat her nemesis Dominic Robinson. She’s snagged second place for the last two years, and she’s set on claiming first prize. The only trouble is that Ruby has no ideas. When her grandfather’s beloved basset hound dies, Ruby thinks of the perfect thing that will cheer him up and win her first place: an innovative, state-of-the-art, not-to-be-duplicated Ruby Goldberg invention!
Before long Ruby is so busy working on her idea that she ignores everything else in her life, including her best friend, Penny. And what started out as simple turns into something much more complicated! Can Ruby get her priorities and the mechanisms of her project in order before it’s too late?”

About Pull up a chair, it’s a Saturday Book Share: I’ve had many books I review that I just want to feature. Simple and easy, celebrate a new book encounter. So that’s what Saturday Book Share is about for me, celebrating books! Perhaps some days I’ll share the book with a short reading of a portion. Or perhaps other days I’ll just share a glimpse of the book.

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