Just Like Rube Goldberg: The Incredible True Story of the Man Behind the Machines
by Sarah Aronson and Robert Neubecker
20 Total Resources 3 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2019
Word Count 902
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 690L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 504135
- Curricular Area
- Art
- History
- Science
- Social Studies
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- Biographies
- Goldberg, Rube, 1883-1970--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Cartoonists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Goldberg, Rube
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Art
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Inventions
- Cartoonists
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Art | Cartooning
Our Original Resources 3
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
Created by TeachingBooks
About the Authors 5
Author Interviews 7
Interview with Sarah Aronson
Created by Into the Words
Interview with Sarah Aronson
Created by kidlitwomen* Podcast
Interview with Sarah Aronson
Created by Read is the New Black
Interview with Sarah Aronson
Created by Maria Marshall
Interview with Robert Neubecker
Created by Illustration Friday
Interview with Sarah Aronson
Created by Wisconnected
Discussion about secondary characters with Sarah Aronson
Created by Sarah Aronson
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Alter Ego Activity Sheet from Sarah Aronson
Created by Sarah Aronson
Response to Literature Plan from Library Lessons
Created by Library Lessons
Discussion Guide from Sarah Aronson
Created by Sarah Aronson
Book Readings 1
Complete Video Reading narrated by Sarah Aronson
Created by Sarah Aronson
Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from Sarah Aronson
Created by Sarah Aronson
Awards & Distinctions 3
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2020
Biography Selection, 2020
Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Biography Selection, 2020
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Biography Selection, 2019
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