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Ara the Star Engineer

Ara the Star Engineer

by Komal Singh (Author), Ipek Konak (Illustrator)

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    Illustrated 2018

    $9.23
Synopsis

Ara the Star Engineer is the story of an inspiring young girl who uses her smarts and grit to solve a big problem. Ara loves numbers-- BIG numbers. She wants to program her droid DeeDee ( Beep! ) to count all the stars in the sky, but she's not sure how. In this whimsical adventure, Ara visits Innovation Plex to enlist the help of four tech trailblazers -- inspiring real-life engineers at Google who are today's equivalents of Ada Lovelace and Katherine Johnson. With her new friends, she explores the algorithm of success: coding, courage, creativity, and collaboration. In the end, Ara discovers that the superpower of science and friendship can solve any problem, and be lots of fun. ( Beeeeep! )

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Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 40
 Edition: Illustrated
 Publisher: Page Two
Published: 16 Oct 2018
ISBN 10: 1989025056
ISBN 13: 9781989025055
Book Overview:
Marketing plans:
NORTH AMERICAN MEDIA CAMPAIGN: A robust media campaign is planned that targets major daily newspapers such as Globe and Mail, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and broadcast media. The author and some of the four real-life superheroes are available for interviews and book events.

TIE-IN WITH INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL:The book is publishing October 11, to tie in with media interest around the United Nations' International Day of the Girl, and to promote the importance of STEM literacy for girls.

SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN: The authors will reach out to all Google employees, asking them to post about the book on their personal social media accounts; the book will also be mentioned on Google's corporate Twitter, Facebook, and G+ accounts (19 million+ followers).

GOOGLE ADWORDS CAMPAIGN: Supported directly by Google AdWords engineers, a robust SEO campaign is planned to garner visibility and engagement online.

VIRTUAL REALITY EDITION: A Google team will use the teaching tool Google Expeditions to convert the book into a virtual reality experience for kids.

GOOGLE BLOG: Google will publish an article about the book on The Keyword (the company's official public blog).

Media Reviews
We've always said 'If she can see it, she can be it'. With this story, girls can see leaders and be inspired to become one. A book for all ages and genders!
--Geena Davis, Founder and Chair of Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media

Ara and her friends are more than just characters; they are models for girls and boys to follow, if they are curious about the world - and want to build a better one.
--Eric Schmidt, Former Executive Chairman and CEO of Google

Ara's story can inspire a whole new generation of girls to become engineers, coders, or computer scientists. Our world needs more girls like Ara.
--Hadi Partovi, CEO of Code.org

Stories help us understand ourselves, each other and the world around us. In a more and more technical world we need stories like Ara's to help us bring up the next generation of problem solvers.
--Linda Liukas, Author of Hello Ruby series

The world needs more girls in tech and curious, young Ara provides a delightful entry point. This book is a beautifully illustrated adventure highlighting diverse, real-life engineer role models sure to inspire future STEM stars.
--Debra Sterling, CEO of GoldieBlox

This book is beautifully drawn and supports a great cause! It is so important to encourage our young girls to become leaders in STEM fields-- and this book does just that. A great bedtime story for any little engineer-to-be.

--Rachel Ignotofsky, Author of Women in Science and Women in Sports

We need to fill girls lives with images and stories of women excelling in STEM. This book shows girls there is a place for them in the tech world and that their voices matter. We will be recommending this book as a staple.
--Jennifer Flanagan, President and CEO of Actua

Author Bio
Komal Singh works at Google as a Program Manager in Engineering. As a techie, a mother, and an immigrant, she's passionate about using technology as an enabler and an equalizer for all. She takes part in kids' coding clubs, sits on hackathon judge panels, and volunteers with nonprofits on technology development. Before joining Google, she worked as a Software Engineer and Technology Delivery Manager at a top consulting firm. Komal grew up in India and studied Computer Science at Delhi University and later moved to Canada to complete post-graduate studies from Simon Fraser University. She now lives in Waterloo, Canada, with her family. Ipek Konak is a former art director and illustrator for an animation post-production company. She has worked as a freelancer for the last several years for companies such as Oxford University Press, London-based Nucco Brain and was a guest artist for Google Doodles. She has a fine arts degree in animation from Anadolu University, and she lives in Turkey.