About the Book Series
An inspiring, inclusive and whimsical way to learn about computing and technology
Ara is a young girl who loves to dream BIG. She’s always on a problem solving mission. How can we count all the stars in the sky? How can we decode dreams? How can we build drones that deliver free ice creams?
This highly acclaimed STEM Book Series has inspired children and adults around the world and is being published in more than 10 languages globally! The whimsical narrative introduces kids to computing and courage, technology and empathy, risking and rising. A big aim of the books is to introduce young curious minds to real-life trailblazers (engineers, founders, scientists, artists) from diverse backgrounds, and to show them representations of themselves that they are hard-pressed to find elsewhere. The author was inspired to take on this project when a hypothesis put forth by her 4-year old daughter stunned her: “Oh mamma, Engineers are Boys”.
Follow the adventures as Ara and her sidekick droid, DeeDee, tinker-and-tailor, test-and-troubleshoot. See them navigate through a whirlwind of intriguing locations — hackathons, coding pods, data centers. Watch their encounters with real-life women trailblazers of diverse backgrounds. AHA!
More than just books
The books are designed as a multi-layered experience. Start with the story narrative, download activity sheets, use immersive experiences like the VR Google Expedition and Google Assistant's Read Along feature.
Komal Singh,
author
A techie by day and a storyteller mom by night - one who loves coding and cupcakes, data crunching and daydreaming, pottery making and program planning. Komal was inspired to write this book when a hypothesis put forth by her 4-year old daughter stunned her: “Engineers are Boys”.
As an accomplished technologist, D&I advocate, public speaker, board member, and award winning community influencer, her work has been featured on Globe & Mail, Forbes, Financial Post, CTV, The Social, The Record, TEDx, and more.
You can read more about Komal on her website: komalsingh.ca.
Ipek Konak,
illustrator
Ipek Konak is an art director and an illustrator.
In this capacity, she has undertaken many projects at animation post-production companies. Konak has been working as a freelancer for the last several years for companies such as Oxford University Press, London-based Nucco Brain, and Google as a guest Doodler. She has a fine arts degree in animation from Anadolu University, and she lives in Turkey.
You can see more of Ipek’s amazing art portfolio here.
