Author: Stefano Broccoli,Annmarie P. Thomas,Andrea Vico
Publisher: Papercutz
Published: 05/26/2026
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 10.95h x 8.28w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781545826454
Age Range: 10-14
About the Author
Professor Stefano Broccoli
AnnMarie is a professor in the School of Engineering and the Opus College of Business at the University of St. Thomas. She is the founder and director of the Playful Learning Lab, which explores ways to encourage children, of all ages, to embrace playful learning. She and her students created Squishy Circuits. She is the author of "Making Makers: Kids, Tools, and the Future of Innovation."
AnnMarie earned Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Caltech, and an S.B. in Ocean Engineering (with a minor in Music) from MIT. Additionally, she completed a professional certificate in Sustainable Design from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
AnnMarie co-founded and co-directs the University of St. Thomas Center for Engineering Education (CEE), which offers engineering courses for P-12 educators and conducts research on engineering at the pre-collegiate level. AnnMarie's teaching covers classes on topics such as Engineering Graphics and Design, Machine Design, Dynamics (with Circus Lab), Toy Design, Product Design for an Aging Population, Technology Prototyping (for Business majors), Environmental Sustainability/Innovation, and Brain Machine Interfaces (seminar).
She served as the Founding Executive Director of the Maker Education Initiative, where her team established the national Maker Corps program and laid the groundwork for this nonprofit.
AnnMarie lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with her husband and two daughters. She is an amateur aerialist, specializing in static and flying trapeze, as well as juggling and cyr wheel
Andrea is a journalist who's been dealing with environmental problems for thirty years. Based on scientific studies, he invents books, games, educational workshops and summer camps to teach children to respect the Earth.
Emilio Urbano, born in Naples in 1974, is an artist for the Italian Disney comics productions since the late 1990s. He has done stories with Simba in
Amici di Zampa, gag pages with Pierino & Pieretto in
Topolino, and stories and covers for
PK2, the comic book about Donald as the superhero Paperinik. He has drawn the 14th book in the series Monster Allergy in 2006, and was also one of the artists of Disney's
Ultraheroes comic in 2008. Apart from Disney, Urbano has provided the artwork for Adeline Blondieau's children's drama serial
Célimène with Manuela Razzi, published by Le Lombard since 2011. He has also drawn for Marvel's
The Mighty Avengers in 2011.
Cover artist, illustrator, inker
Benedetta Barone is an artist for Disney Italia since 2006. Barone has illustrated Chip 'n' Dale stories for
Cip & Ciop magazine, and stories for Disney Fairies.
