Engineered!, by Shannon Hunt, illustrated by James Gulliver Hancock

Is there a young, budding engineer in your life?  Check out Engineered! Engineering Design at Work, by Shannon Hunt, with awesome illustrations by James Gulliver Hancock.  Kids (and many adults) might wonder, what exactly does an engineer do?  Engineered! explains: engineers "use their math, science, and technology skills to find creative solutions to problems."  The problem solving flow chart is quite clear and impressive, and the examples Hunt provides really make engineering seem practical and incredible at the same time.

Need to land a delicate piece of equipment on another planet?  The engineers can help.  How about better ways to get from here to there?  Engineers show the way.  Maximize caribou habitats?  Call the engineers.  Update the sewer system?  Thank goodness for engineers.  How about printing skin grafts for burn victims?  Incredible, but truly some great work by engineers.

With the colorful pictures and pithy explanations, Hunt and Hancock will inspire their readers to think bigger about the problems in their world, to pay attention to the engineering solutions they see around them every day, and maybe, just maybe, think about engineering as a field of study and career.


Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the complimentary electronic review copy!