Thank you Little Steps Publishing for sending us a copy of Engibear's Dream to review. It was a huge hit in our house (especially with my husband - who spent ages looking at the detail in all of the diagrams!)
Engibear's day is full of dreams - in fact, he has so many dreams and ideas that he doesn't have time to work on them all. So he decides to design and build a robot to help him get more done. Like any good engineer, he goes through multiple designs (and failures) until he finally creates the perfect robotic helper.
My favourite thing about Engibear's Dream was that it teaches readers the importance of resilience: just because your first attempt at something goes wrong, doesn't mean that your idea isn't good, or that your dream isn't worth another go. Engibear is always improving and learning from his mistakes. He doesn't give up and always believes in himself, even if he has to keep going back to square one. I think this is such an important, positive message and it's great to see it in a picture book.
The detail in this story is phenomenal, and made each page so exciting to read. The rhyming scheme was clever too, and ensured the words flowed. This is a story I can see us reading again and again.
Engibear's Dream is written by Andrew King and illustrated by Benjamin Johnston
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