I Could Be: Josephine and the STEAM Toddler Dreamers

by Sol Regwan, Denise Muzzio (Illustrator)

Overview

The newest Gizmo Girl is ready to take on the world in this fun new board book for STEAM toddler dreamers.

Josephine is curious about science and the world around her. While going about her daily routine, she thinks about what she is going to be when she grows up, based on what she likes to do. From caring for animals and building blocks to digging for rocks and drawing funny monsters, Josephine wonders if she could be a veterinarian, architect, geologist, astronomer, engineer, animator, botanist, or even a video game designer . . . the possibilities are as exciting as the future ahead!

Enthusiasm and imagination go hand in hand as readers learn that science can be found everywhere, and the world is changing and evolving every day. Award-winning author of the Gizmo Girl series, Sol Regwan, hopes the youngest science minded will identify with Josephine and begin to wonder what they could be when they grow up!

This first book in the Gizmo Girl board book series encourages creative thinking while dreaming big about what the future may hold.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764365669
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	02/28/2023
Series:	Gizmo Girl: STEAM Toddler Dreamers , #1
Pages:	22
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 6.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	AD470L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Sol Regwan is the author of the Gizmo Girl series, featuring feisty second grader Geraldine, and has authored two other successful children's books. He has been featured on the cover of Story Monsters magazine and was a finalist for the Foreword INDIES award. Each of his stories teaches children a valuable lesson or moral. You can find him on Instagram @solregwanauthor.


Denise Muzzio spent her early childhood drawing and surrounded by books. When she grew up, she decided to study graphic design, illustration, and animation to keep that inner child alive. She is the illustrator of the award-winning Gizmo Girl series, featuring Geraldine. Visit her at www.denisemuzzio.com.

Editorial Reviews

2022-12-24
Science-loving Josephine imagines future career paths.

The young narrator considers a variety of jobs, from veterinarian to animator to geologist to engineer. The book offers a wonderful array of possibilities and ends with a crucial message: “I guess, since I have so many choices and interests…I could be whatever I want to be!” The illustrations have a cartoonlike feel. Each image of the related job shows Josephine actively engaged in that role, wearing the related uniform and using the appropriate tools. As a planetary astronomer, Josephine is seen wearing a lab coat and looking through a telescope; as a botanist, the child uses a microscope and is surrounded by plants. Josephine presents as biracial, with light brown skin and dark hair in braids. One of Josephine’s parents presents as Black, the other as White. Though gender is not specifically mentioned, clothing and hair suggest that Josephine is a girl, and given that these fields are places where women of color are often pushed to the margins, the message that a girl of color can confidently imagine and have a STEAM career is an important one—and one that hasn’t always been seen in children’s literature. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

A refreshingly empowering career book. (Board book. 3-5)

Kirkus Reviews