The most magnificent team

The most magnificent team

Ashley Spires, 1978-

Book - 2025

"A girl and her dog do all sorts of things together. They play. They snack. They make things. Some days it's hard to come up with ideas for things to make, but today is not one of those days. The girl knows exactly what she wants to build, so she gathers her supplies and heads to her usual spot -- only to find someone else got there first. She usually has the space to herself, but it might be nice to have another maker around ... Maybe they can even build something together! So she invites the new neighbour to join her. Magnificent idea, right? It turns out teamwork isn't as easy as it sounds. The girl and her new neighbour have very different ways of approaching projects, and the girl didn't know working together would ...mean changing things. Suggestions? Opinions? No thank you! Will they find a path forward and finish their project together, or will they call it a day and head their separate ways?"--

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Subjects
Building > Juvenile fiction.
Cooperation > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Fiction.
Picture books.
Genres
Fiction
Picture books
Published
Toronto, ON : Kids Can Press [2025]
Language
English
Main Author
Ashley Spires, 1978- (author)
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Issued also in electronic format
ISBN
9781525312953
Contents unavailable.
Review by School Library Journal Review

Gr 2--5--The Most Magnificent Team seems to sit perfectly alongside books like Andrea Beaty's Rosie Revere, Engineer, with its clean illustrations and general themes of girls in STEM. But it adds a hefty dose of emotional regulation and conflict resolution to those already-worthy themes of engineering, as two neighbors meet, collaborate, and bicker over the proper way to create great things. They each approach a project with different ideas and have to learn to handle and adjust to other mindsets. It perfectly models appropriate behavior during extreme reactions, particularly as they take a breath and take space to figure out what they want from their project and their friendship. VERDICT An aspirational read that models how to handle potential conflict with grace and connection over anger and division.

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