Izzy is a likeable heroine who acts as a great model for girls in STEM, similar to Rosie Revere, Engineer and Ada Twist, Scientist.

Students empathize and connect with Izzy when she gets frustrated because she can’t solve a problem on the first (or second, or third) try. In the video, listen to the full story, complete with a quick warm up to start and some book chat at the end! When she comes across a bird with a broken wing she is inspired to try helping, but fails over and over again. Pip Jones’ rhyming narrative is a cracker to read aloud and Sara Ogilvie’s imagination must be almost as fertile as young Izzy’s… A real riot.

After completing the Word Walk strategy with my students, I would ensure that students could apply the words.

The children have been really creative and have lots of fun ideas of some inventions they’d like in their houses.Perchance, a crow falls from the sky and breaks a wing ---- the vet is not sure he can fix it, however, he suggests that Izzy take it home and see what she can do. I understand I can change my preference through my account settings or unsubscribe directly from any marketing communications at any time.

This book is about empowering girls to participate in inventions and technology as well as perseverance and not giving up.She has won numerous awards for her work including a Commonwealth heads of Government commission to create a co-published lithograph with Edinburgh Printmakers, presented to Nelson Mandela, HRH the Queen and heads of State. Thought was really fun with all the rhyming, illustrations were great and I enjoyed how the words were varied and all over the place. So many times in children's books, the MC does something and never realizes the natural consequences of their choices. You could copy the illustrator’s style, repeat the words exactly, or you could make it your own by changing the pictures and words.

She is an inventor and we have designed lots of different inventions, some are to help a bird in the story and others we’d like to build and have at home! Dogs Don’t Do Ballet, which she illustrated, was shortlisted for the 2010 Roald Dahl Funny Prize and the 2010 BookTrust Early Years Award.

Unbeknownst to unsuspecting folks, she manages to dismantle some very interesting items along the way. Since graduating in 1993 with an illustration/printmaking BA Hons and a PG diploma in 1994 from Edinburgh College of Art, Sara has continued to create and develop work which has been exhibited across the UK and abroad. One day a bird falls from the sky with injured wings, and Izzy struggles to invent something that will help the bird to fly again. It's great seeing girls empowered and tackling tech topics in children's literature, especially girls of color.