Aronson, Sarah.
JUST LIKE RUBE GOLDBERG
New York : Beach Lane Books, 2019
IL K-3
ISBN  9781481476683

3 booktalks

Booktalk #1

Who was Rube Goldberg? He lived in San Francisco over 100 years ago. He always loved to draw. When he told his family that he wanted to be a comic strip creator for a newspaper, they were shocked.  How could he ever earn a living drawing cartoons? But Rube was determined. See how he was able to achieve his dream and leave a legacy to those who came after.

Booktalk #2

This intriguing story is about a creative, unique inventor who always challenged himself. Shy young Rube Goldberg sounds like the typical artist, but that's not so! He dreamed of becoming a cartoonist, and yet once he was a huge success he moved on. The inventions he created are outlandishly complicated: Why would you pick the most complicated way to accomplish a simple task? Author Sarah Aronson's message about Rube Goldberg at the end of the story, "Figure out what you want. Work as hard as you can. And most of all have a great time getting there....." is so inspiring! (Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2020-2021)

Booktalk #3

A biographical picture book that describes how Rube Goldberg followed his dreams to become an award-winning cartoonist, inventor, and even an adjective in the dictionary. Biography. (Rhode Island Children's Book Award 2021)