Ara the Dream Innovator

A STEM book for young innovators everywhere, for you are never too small to dream big! This much-anticipated companion to Ara The Star Engineer spotlights the innovation journey, introducing readers to what it takes to start a start-up, and turn ideas into reality. Ara is a young girl who loves to dream BIG. Many of her amazing ideas come to her in her dreams. So Ara builds a Dream Decoder to capture them. But other kids have big dreams too. What about them? With help from her entrepreneur-mentors and her droid DeeDee (who dreams of–beep! beep!–BIG ice creams), Ara embarks on a quest to make her Dream Decoder FTW – For The World! First stop: a Hackathon to find a diverse team of fellow thinkers and tinkerers. Then–fingers crossed–they’ll earn a spot at an Accelerator where, with tweaks and testing, they can make the Dream Decoder work for all kids. A story about inclusive innovation , and making your dreams come true!