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Description
When Tara takes a tumble in a car factory, she finds the perfect way to bounce back.
Quick Summary
If you've got a kid who's curious about how things work, Tara Binns is the kind of character they'll immediately want to follow. In this adventure, Tara works at a car factory where she takes a pretty spectacular tumble, but rather than giving up, she uses her engineering brain to come up with a clever solution and bounces back even stronger. The story does a really nice job of showing kids that making mistakes can actually lead to great ideas, without ever feeling like it's preaching at them. It's got just enough excitement and humor to keep early readers turning pages, and at around 2,500 words with a 3.6 reading level, it's perfect for kids in kindergarten through third grade who are ready to move beyond picture books but still want something accessible. Parents will appreciate that it sneaks in some real STEM thinking observing problems, brainstorming, and testing solutions while keeping everything fun and relatable. If your kid loves the "Who Would Win?" books or other early nonfiction-adjacent chapter books, this fits right into that wheelhouse, and the good news is there are more Tara Binns books where this one came from.