Rosie Revere is a second grader who dreamed of becoming a great engineer, who "made fine inventions for her uncles and aunts; a hot dog dispenser and helium pants." But after some failures she decides she will never be a great engineer. When her cheese-copter crashes, her great great aunt (who happens to be Rosie the Riveter) tells her, "You did it Hooray! It's the perfect first try! This great flop is over. It's time for the next!... It crashed that is true. But first it did just what it needed to do. Before it crashed, Rosie... before that ... it flew!"
The last page - "Your brilliant first flop was a raging success! Come on, let's get busy and on to the next!" She [aunt Rose] handed a notebook to Rosie Revere, who smiled at her aunt as it all because clear. Life might have its failures, but this was not it. The only true failure can come if you quit."
Rosie Revere is funny and teaches a great lesson and the artwork (by David Roberts) is wonderful. And on top of all that, there is a smart girl as the main character who my little engineer has declared looks just like her.
The same author wrote Iggy Peck, Architect, which is also wonderful, but my favorite is by far Rosie Revere.
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