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They add an audience-broadening element of sophistication-as would Beaty’s decision to cast the text into verse, if it did not result in such lines as “After twelve long days / that passed in a haze / of reading, writing and arithmetic, / Miss Greer took the class / to Blue River Pass / for a hike and an old-fashioned picnic.” Another John Lithgow she is not, nor is Iggy another Remarkable Farkle McBride (2000), but it’s always salutary to see young talent vindicated. Familiar buildings and other structures, made with unusual materials or, on the closing pages, drawn on graph paper, decorate Roberts’s faintly retro cartoon illustrations. Happily, she changes her views when the collapse of a footbridge leaves the picnicking class stranded on an island, whereupon Iggy enlists his mates to build a suspension bridge from string, rulers and fruit roll-ups. Having shown a fascination with great buildings since constructing a model of the Leaning Tower of Pisa from used diapers at age two, Iggy sinks into boredom after Miss Greer announces, throwing an armload of histories and craft projects into the trash, that architecture will be a taboo subject in her class.

They'll love the story, colorful illustrations, and also learn about the passion and practicality of science (STEM).A repressive teacher almost ruins second grade for a prodigy in this amusing, if overwritten, tale. Young readers will love their time spent with Iggy Peck. Each of Iggy's 16 classmates has their own unique quality, implying the variety of personalities and potentials to be appreciated in any group of children. Iggy, a child who once 'built a great tower-in only an hour-with nothing but diapers and glue.' The structured rhymes and lively illustrations fit the architectural theme, and the text uses absorbing details of Iggy's world to bring the tale to life. A story told in verse, this is a book that shows the power of education and science.

until a fateful field trip proves just how useful a master builder can be. It looks as if Iggy will have to trade in his T-square for a box of crayons.

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. 'Read it at bedtime (it's a quick read!), chuckle with your children, and send them to dreamland.' -American Institute of Architects Both parents and children will love this fun-filled, inspiring, colorful picture book about the power of teamwork and the importance of celebrating individual gifts and self-expression. Watch Iggy Peck in the Netflix television series Ada Twist, Scientist!

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