2022 Finalist: Children’s Science Picture Book

Abby Invents The Foldibot, by Arlyne Simon. (Illustrated by Diana Necsulescu.) Abby Invents, 2021.

A celebration of STEM and the engineering design process.

Abby thinks folding laundry is boring. Very boring. There are washing machines and dryers. There must be folding machines, too! Team up with Abby and Cousin Miko as they invent the world's first, at-home, laundry-folding machine -- the Foldibot! The first prototype does not work. Neither does the second. But, Abby is not afraid of failure. How many tries will it take? Share Abby's joy as she earns her SECOND patent!