Kit Draws An Idea: Scribbles and Squiggles and Plans (Book 5)

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Book 5 of 20 in Kit's Little Sparks, STEM picture books for toddlers and preschoolers.

The story. Kit's little sister Mia keeps tipping her cup, and every SPLASH costs her a dry shirt. There are already four on the clothesline. Kit wants to fix it, so he runs to the garage, where his helper Sparks, a tiny fairy of gears and light, sleeps in an old lightbulb. Three claps wake her. "Ideas start on paper," says Sparks. Kit sits down with paper and a pencil, and nothing comes. What if it is wrong? What if it is ugly? A trail of marker smudges leads to Marco, a boy who draws on everything, even his shoes. Marco says: Squiggly is fine. Just DRAW. Kit draws a tiny squiggle, then a BIGGER one. One line runs off the paper and up Marco's arm, and Marco loves it. Then come one with legs, one with a hat, and one that looks like a potato. By shirt number six, one squiggle has a bottom and sides and holds a cup: a drawing of a holder for Mia's cup, which Kit will work on tomorrow. Mia comes in wearing shirt number seven, points at the potato, and Kit keeps that one too. Just in case.

How you read it. Your child counts the wet shirts with Kit as the pile grows from four to seven. Your child claps three times to wake Sparks. The book keeps asking "Is there an idea on the paper?" and your child shouts "NO!" at every empty page, until the one "YES!" Your child follows Marco's marker trail with a finger, shouts "Just DRAW!" with Marco, draws a squiggle in the air with a finger, then a big one with a whole arm, and points to the drawing they would pick. The story runs about five minutes aloud. After it comes a short talk page for the two of you, with one question to ask and one line to say together.

Every inventor starts somewhere. Kit starts by drawing. Most of us have seen a child freeze over a blank page. When his sister's cup tips, this book gives your child a wet-shirt count, a NO at every empty page, and a whole-arm squiggle. It gives you two words: just draw. A pencil can turn a thought into a thing.

What is inside:

• 28 pages of story and activities: the story, a talk page for parents, one activity page, and six play-together games, each with its own picture
• Full-color watercolor illustrations
• A note for parents and educators
• A QR code to free read-aloud audio and a printable family activity booklet

About the series: Kit's Little Sparks is a 20-book series of STEM picture books that builds the social-emotional foundations of the inventor's mindset: curiosity, resilience, and confidence. Written by Chris Kuczynski, an engineer turned patent attorney, preschool co-founder, and dad who has spent more than 20 years with inventors.

Read the complete guide to all 20 books in the series: STEM Books for Toddlers

Details:

Ages: Series One, Ages 2 to 4

Format:
Board book, 7 x 7 inches
Hardcover, 8 x 8 inches
Paperback, 8 x 8 inches

Pages: 28

ISBN 978-1-968470-09-8 (board book)
ISBN 978-1-968470-43-2 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-968470-83-8 (paperback)
ISBN 978-1-968470-10-4 (EPUB)
ISBN 978-1-968470-62-3 (Kindle)