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LIZ LAREAU, M.A., co-authors the GEEKY FAB FIVE series with her daughter, Lucy, to inspire all girls to realize their potential and work together for a better world. Liz has been telling stories as a mom, public relations executive, and former TV news reporter and anchor for more than 30 years. LUCY LAREAU co-created the GEEKY FAB FIVE STEM girls series with her mom based on her own real-life experiences in elementary school, where students learn to make a difference. Now in middle school, Lucy lives in Illinois with her parents, brothers, and sister, along with three cats, including Tom, whose inspired Hubble. RYAN JAMPOLE is a Harvey Award nominated comic artist. He hails from Queens, New York and attended the High School of Art & Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology. Ryan has drawn MEGA MAN and SONIC for Archie comics, DEXTER’S LABORATORY, and CODENAME KND for IDW and GERONIMO and THEA STILTON comics for Papercutz.
Geeky Fab 5 has an explicit purpose -- to show girls taking part in STEM activities. I support that, and this book achieves its goal-comicsworthreading.com We see here that girls can achieve anything they set their hearts and minds to. This story does have ordinary kids doing the extraordinary. The kids do look cute as well as realistic in their style. Girls do rule! -- firstcomicsnews.com Themes of female empowerment resonate throughout the episodic chapters. Fans will look forward to seeing what the protagonists get up to next. - Publishers Weekly the book includes fascinating trivia and plenty of encouragement for STEM-inclined kids. - School Library Journal
