Rosie Revere, Engineer

　　蘿西在白天是一個安靜的女孩，但到了晚上，當她獨自一人在她的房間時，那些別人眼中的垃圾卻是她一個個從雜物做出來的發明靈感。害羞的蘿西因為怕別人的異樣眼光，不敢讓任何人看到她這些小玩意，像是熱狗掌櫃、氦氣褲等，但她也未因此就放棄發明。

　　直到一天，神奇的事發生了，她的羅斯阿姨來探訪她，提醒她還有一個目標尚未達成：打造飛行器！蘿西建造了一個機器想讓夢想成真，但卻失敗了。當她正喪氣時，羅斯阿姨卻告訴她：這個發明其實很成功喔！因為，只有當我們因害怕失敗而不再嘗試時，才算是真正的失敗。經過這件事所學習到的精神，讓蘿西打從內心成為一位真正的工程師了！【文∕博客來外文館】

　　Rosie may seem quiet during the day, but at night she's a brilliant inventor of gizmos and gadgets who dreams of becoming a great engineer. When her great-great-aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) comes for a visit and mentions her one unfinished goal--to fly--Rosie sets to work building a contraption to make her aunt's dream come true. But when her contraption doesn't fl y but rather hovers for a moment and then crashes, Rosie deems the invention a failure. On the contrary, Aunt Rose inisists that Rosie's contraption was a raging success. You can only truly fail, she explains, if you quit.

作者簡介

　　Andrea Beaty is the author of many picture books including IGGY PECK, ARCHITECT and Doctor Ted. Her novels range from the lyrical SECRETS OF THE CICADA SUMMER to the humorous graphic novel/novel hybrid ATTACK OF THE FLUFFY BUNNIES. Her new novel, DORKO THE MAGNIFICENT is available April 2, 2013!