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Product Description Tinker, make, and engineer to learn through play! With TinkerActive Workbooks, learning leaps off the page and into the real world. Start with interactive and entertaining exercises that cover the essential first grade science and problem-solving skills. Then, apply what you’ve learned in exciting hands-on tinkering, making, and engineering activities that utilize only common household materials. Plus, the charming cast of characters, the MotMots, guide kids through every new concept with cheer and humor. Once you've completed the workbook, unbox a collectible magnet badge hidden in the back cover!Vetted by award-winning educators, TinkerActive Workbooks are designed for all learners. They build your child’s fundamental science skills AND inspire them to try new things, discover new skills, and imagine new possibilities. About the Author Megan Hewes Butler, who has written several TinkerActive Workbooks, is a writer and producer who has been creating childrens' curriculum, games, and books for over 15 years. Megan lives, writes, and plays in Park Slope, Brooklyn with her husband and two sons. Odd Dot is an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group dedicated to creating joyful books for curious minds. Our mission is to develop interactive and substantive gift books that explore categories and formats never seen before. We are a proudly odd mix of makers, creators, and engineers, guided by the priorities of innovation, education, and play. Lauren Pettapiece is an illustrator living in Boston who also works as a children’s book designer making books for young readers. When she’s not drawing scruffy animals she’s out hiking and if she’s not doing either of those things she’s probably buried under the mountain of used books she keeps compulsively buying.Pettapiece has illustrated TinkerActive Workbooks and Mouse Guard comic books.