The Fix-Its: Power Up with Power Drill: An I Can Read Comic About Tools, Teamwork, and Helping for Kids (Ages 4-8)

by Sarah Lynne Reul

The Power Up with Power Drill is the latest offering from I Can Read Comics, an early reader line that familiarizes children with the world of graphic novel storytelling and encourages visual literacy in emerging readers. In the second installment of Sarah Lynn Reul’s STEM-focused series, all the tools in the toolbox are excited when a new member arrives—Power Drill!

When the toolbox gets its first power tool, a drill eager to get to work, everybody else kicks back and relaxes—until Power Drill’s battery runs out! Can the rest of the tools help their new friend recharge?

The Power Up with Power Drill is a Level Three I Can Read Comic, geared for kids who are comfortable with comics and can read on their own but still need a little help.

Genres: Graphic Novels

32 pages, Hardcover

Published October 22, 2024

About the author

Sarah Lynne Reul is an author, illustrator and award-winning animator who likes science, tiny things and drawing on photos. Originally from Brooklyn, she now lives near Boston with her family.

After some years in science museum education, she was lured back to school by the magic of making drawings come to life. Armed with an MFA degree in 2D animation, Sarah Lynne now strives to pack the energy of animation into each illustration. She spends her workdays creating new books and talking with kids about the process during author visits throughout New England and beyond.

Her picture books and board books include: THE BREAKING NEWS, ALLIE ALL ALONG, PET THE PETS, FARM THE FARM, NERP!, and BUBBIE & RIVKA'S BEST-EVER CHALLAH (SO FAR!), coming this Fall from Abrams Books.

Reviews

[SOYAMRG · Rating 3 out of 5]

Power Drill is new to the toolbox, Flathead and Phillip’s Head screwdriver are very impressed with how fast they can help the screws get into place without having to drill a hole first. With Power Drill on the job some of the other tools get time to relax and plan a thank you party for Power Drill, but will Power Drill have enough juice to make it to the party?

A fun early reader comic that fans of the series will enjoy.

Optional purchase for any library serving children in grades 1st through 3rd.

M.S.
Children's Librarian

[June · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not much of a story. A new power drill does too much on their first day and runs out of power. The other tools carry him back to recharge and bring the party they planned to them. I felt that naming all the other tools would have been an easy thing to do, though I thought the how to read comics in the beginning and sources of power at the end were nice touches.

[Holly Letson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Power Drill had such an attitude.
They are lucky that everyone else wanted to help them.