Ellie Wants to Be an Engineer

By Leo Oster and Laura Galan

Ellie knows that she is different from her classmates. They do not understand why Ellie goes off by herself at recess and lunch to study nature, or why she is so quiet in class, preoccupied with drawing robots. When Ellie and her parents decide home schooling is a better fit, her world opens up. Ellie discovers that, when you share your dreams, there is a whole community to support you, even when those closest to you do not.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tellwell Talent
• Release date: Apr 30, 2024
• ISBN: 9780228889090

Leo Oster

As a neurodivergent student, Leo understands the challenges of navigating a neurotypical elementary education system. Leo wants other neurodivergent students to see themselves reflected in his book. He hopes it inspires you to find the joy of living to your strengths.Leo loves exploring the sandy beaches and cedar forests that surround his home on Vancouver Island, where he lives with his mother and his Labrador, Max.

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Ellie

Wants to Be an

Engineer

Leo Oster & Laura Galan

Ellie Wants to Be an Engineer

Copyright © 2024 by Laura Galan

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Tellwell Talent

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ISBN

978-0-2288-8910-6 (Hardcover)

978-0-2288-8907-6 (Paperback)

978-0-2288-8909-0 (eBook)

978-0-2288-8908-3 (Audiobook)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Robots In The Garden

Chapter 2 Friends Across The Lake

Chapter 3 Robots To The Rescue

Chapter 4 Snakes In The Garden

Chapter 5 Building A Bat Drone

Chapter 6 Bat Girl

Chapter 7 Fire On The Ridge

Chapter 8 Doodle Bug

Chapter One

Robots In The Garden

Ellie, you are such a dreamer. Get your head into the real world and start on your chores.

Her mother’s words fell on Ellie like the cold needles of rain this early spring day. Ellie had been excited to tell her mother about her latest ideas for a robot. She could see it all in her imagination, and as her family sat together over breakfast, she described her idea for a garden-watering robot. It was Ellie’s job to water and weed the garden, and she had put a lot of thought into this. The completed robot was clear in Ellie’s mind, and she could picture each step of how she would build her robot. Ellie thought in pictures better than in writing.