About This Book
In 'Aven Green Baking Machine,' Aven, a resourceful and confident girl born without arms, decides to enter a competitive baking challenge with her friends Kayla, Sujata, and Emily. While Aven has expertly adapted to life's challenges, including baking with her feet, she quickly discovers that working collaboratively with others presents a whole new set of hurdles. This heartwarming and humorous early chapter book explores themes of friendship, teamwork, self-acceptance, and the unique challenges and joys of collaboration, all while celebrating Aven's can-do spirit and ingenuity. It's perfect for readers aged 7-10.
Aven is ready to shake things up by entering the exciting world of competitive baking with her friends Kayla, Sujata, and Emily. She has mastered mixing and measuring with her feet, but one skill she hasn't mastered in the kitchen is working together with her friends. Will adding friends to the mix turn into a recipe for disaster for Aven?
Discussion Prompts
1
How does Aven use her feet to bake? What are some other ways she adapts to everyday tasks?
2
Why is teamwork so important in the baking competition? What challenges did Aven and her friends face when trying to work together?
3
Have you ever had to work with friends on a project? What was easy or hard about it?
4
What does this book teach us about celebrating differences and finding unique ways to do things?
5
What was your favorite part of the baking competition? What would you bake if you entered?
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