Skype Questions for Author, Ruth Spiro by Angela Abend

Scott T.

2019-02-25 15:49:59 UTC

1. Why did you start to write such a complicated book series for young children?
2. In college did you have to study science, engineering, and STEM to write the books on those topics?

James H.

25jahea1 — 2019-02-25 15:51:25 UTC

1: What made you make books for toddlers on some topics that people older than them can't even understand?

Kaylin H.

2019-02-25 15:56:03 UTC

1. Did you have to devote your time and energy to focus on making children's books? Did that interfere with your time with your family?
2. What type of challenges did you have to face and overcome while making such specific children's books?

Ryan S.

2019-02-25 15:56:52 UTC

How did you think of taking complex topics and putting it into words for a toddler to understand?

Matthew D.

25madeb1 — 2019-02-25 16:01:52 UTC

Who helped you along the way when you were working to become an author?

William P.

25wipur1 — 2019-02-25 16:07:38 UTC

What topics do you tend to look for when it comes to making your books (like maybe computer science or more Life like science)?

Krista P.

2019-02-25 17:56:04 UTC

1.When you were younger did you want to be or was thinking about being in the engineering field because many of your books are about engineering and science?
2. When you were a kid did you have a big imagination like Maxine in Made by Maxine?

Tessa M.

2019-02-25 17:58:19 UTC

When you were younger did you have any interest in becoming an author of children's books? If so, why didn't you start your career of as a writer?

Hayley H.

2019-02-25 17:59:34 UTC

When you were younger did you ever think about being an author as a future career or a part time job?

William L.

2019-02-25 18:01:49 UTC

Why did you think to make very strong book ideas for little kids?

Jordin R.

2019-02-25 18:05:11 UTC

1.When you were at a low point in your life, what helped you back up? Was it one of your books getting popular? Did you have your daughters with you at a time like that?
2. Were any of your picture books like your Baby Loves books?
3. I do suppose parents really did want quantum physics for their children.

Alex N.

2019-02-25 18:05:11 UTC

1.What did you want to do when you were a kid? Did you want to do advertising your whole life?
2.Why did you switch jobs from being an advertiser to an author?
3.Why did you want to make children's books and not adult or young adult books?

Samantha O.

2019-02-25 18:05:21 UTC

1. What inspired you to create the Baby Love series?

2. Did you originally think the Baby Love series would become as popular as it is now?

Chase B.

2019-02-25 18:07:25 UTC

Were you a creator when you were a child like Maxine? Or did you dream of being a writer like you are today?

Desmond D.

2019-02-25 18:08:14 UTC

How did you get the idea to start making books about really hard topics for really young kids?

Angelica R.

2019-02-25 18:09:07 UTC

Did anyone inspire you to write Baby Loves or did you think of it yourself?

Timmy B.

2019-02-25 18:09:12 UTC

When you were younger did you have a goldfish just like Maxine? If you didn't , why did you pick a goldfish in "Made by Maxine"?

Faith G.

2019-02-25 18:10:47 UTC

In Baby Loves Coding why did you end with "CHOO CHOO!"?

Oliver S.

2019-02-25 18:11:03 UTC

Did you want to be anything else besides an author when you were younger?

Annie C.

2019-02-25 18:13:20 UTC

1. Did you like your job as an advertiser?
2. Were you ever intrigued in STEM or creating when you were younger?

Grace M.

2019-02-25 18:14:05 UTC

How did you get inspired to write science books for babies?

Emma M.

2019-02-25 18:14:45 UTC

Who inspired you to become an author?

Marc D.

2019-02-25 18:15:59 UTC

How did you realize that science books for babies had such great potential?

Arianna S.

2019-02-25 18:43:47 UTC

What made you choose science as the topic of your books?

Anabel C.

2019-02-26 16:02:45 UTC

1. What made you decide to use complicated science in books for babies? I don't think Baby can say 'structural engineering' very well.

Keaton L.

2019-02-26 16:03:01 UTC

Did anything/anyone inspire you to start making the Baby Love series? If so what/who inspired you?

Catalina M. (1)What gave you the idea to write these books about such intense science topics for such young children? (2) How do you decide what topics to cover and how do you chose how to put across the ideas in ways that young children will understand? (3) Have you ever considered writing more advanced books for older children and not just "babies"?

2019-02-26 16:03:44 UTC

Luca N.

2019-02-26 16:04:21 UTC

Why would you make these types of books and not another different theme?

Christopher M

2019-02-26 16:04:29 UTC

(1) When you won awards from Writer's Digest and Willamette Writers and was a Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the year how did you celebrate or react?

(2) When Maxine was making music with vegetables was she using Makey Makey?

Nicholas P.

2019-02-26 16:09:17 UTC

What inspired you to make such advanced books for young children with some words they may not be able to understand?

Zachary W.

2019-02-26 17:52:03 UTC

What inspired you to create National Bubble Gum Day?

Hannah W.

26hawei1 — 2019-02-26 17:57:18 UTC

1. As a child/baby did you think outside the box and enjoy learning about the more complex topics?
2. If you were to write a chapter book for Tweens,Teens and Young adults what would it be about?
3. Have you ever thought about the success of your books and made you want to work harder?

Macie B.

2019-02-26 17:58:19 UTC

What kept you going even when so many publishers rejected you?

Matteo G.

2019-02-26 17:58:55 UTC

1. Before you became an author, what type of books did you read to your kids?
2. What is your favorite book?

Adriana A.

27adaul1 — 2019-02-26 18:00:14 UTC

Where did you get inspiration to write books from?

Riley J.

2019-02-26 18:01:59 UTC

Is there a child that was very creative and liked to build like Maxine in "Made by Maxine?" If so, did they inspire you to write "Made by Maxine?"

Shea H.

2019-02-26 18:02:24 UTC

Does Maxine remind you of yourself, your daughters, someone you know or is she completely a fictional character?

Alex P.

2019-02-26 18:02:58 UTC

1. What inspired you to write Baby loves... and then some complex scientific word?
2. And what inspired you to make a character called Maxine
3. What inspired you to make National Bubble Gum Day?

Amelia C.

2019-02-26 18:05:29 UTC

How did you come up with Made by Maxine. Were you inspired by something or did you come up with it with you imagination?

Jordyn D.

2019-02-26 18:06:08 UTC

How did you come up with such a great way to explain science to very young kids in your block books?

Dylan H

2019-02-26 18:06:39 UTC

Were you a creator like Maxine when you were a kid?

Sydney

2019-02-26 18:07:12 UTC

Did you get inspired by someone to create these books if so who?

Hamza R.

2019-02-26 18:10:43 UTC

How did you find a place to put science in a baby's book? Do you think a baby will understand the science behind everything in the Baby Loves Science series?

Julianna Y.

27juyan1 — 2019-02-26 18:11:36 UTC

What inspires you to write science books for kids?

Charley F.

2019-02-26 18:11:54 UTC

1. What inspired you to write Made By Maxine?
2. Why do you write children's books instead of adult books?

Summer R.

2019-02-26 18:12:26 UTC

Will all your ideas inspire you to make more books for all ages about all the scientific

Daood N.

2019-02-26 18:12:43 UTC

Why did you chose to write science books instead of let's say math books or social studies?

Sam C.

2019-02-26 18:14:55 UTC

Why do you think that National Bubble Gum Day should be celebrated by evrybody

Summer R.

2019-02-26 18:15:40 UTC

Do your books inspire you to make even more scientific books about the world around you?

Raffi A.

2019-02-26 18:22:00 UTC

1. What tips do you have for us as an author to help us write books like your Baby Loves series?
2. What is your favorite book?

Bobbi T.

2019-02-26 18:26:27 UTC

How did you come up with these awesome books.

Ellis C.

2019-02-26 22:11:11 UTC

1. How did becoming an author change your life?
2. Which out of all the books you wrote which one was your favorite?
3. Do you have any hobbies outside of you career? If so what are they?

Cassidy C.

2019-02-27 01:08:38 UTC

1) Why did you choose to tell about the topic of science for your Baby Loves Science series?
2) In the book Made By Maxine, Is the character Maxine inspired by a person in real life or not? If so, who inspired you to make the character Maxine?

Parker R.

2019-02-27 12:49:46 UTC

1.Was there any person in particular who influenced you to write advanced science books?
2.Have there been studies involving babies and how they retain the information from your books?

Amelia W.

2019-02-27 15:15:45 UTC

1. I read about how you got the idea of writing such complicated ideas for babies. Was it hard at first to get published?

Amelia W.

2019-02-27 15:17:53 UTC

2. Are you most excited or favorable about one book, or do like them all the same?

Daniel N.

2019-02-27 15:27:36 UTC

When did you write your first book, and what was it?

Antonia S.

2019-02-27 15:29:23 UTC

1. When you created the first book of the Baby Loves Science Series, did you face difficulties in publishing? Why?
2. Before you became an author, were you planning on taking a different career path?
3. Are you planning on making books for adults in the future?

Michael S

2019-02-27 15:30:00 UTC

Who or what inspired you to make books about science for a young audience?

Tyler D.

2019-02-27 15:33:58 UTC

Which Baby Loves book is your favorite one and what inspired you to make the books for young people?

Eddie R.

2019-02-27 15:34:15 UTC

What gave you the ideas for some of your "Baby Loves..." series?

Michael S.

2019-02-27 15:34:29 UTC

Why did you chose to become an author for children's books?

Emma O.

2019-02-27 15:38:19 UTC

1) Would you ever consider making a new series for an older audience?
2) Why did you choose to teach young children about science and not another subject? Would you ever consider making a "Baby Loves Math" or "Baby Loves History" ?
3) Out of all the books you have written, not just the "Baby Loves" series, which was your favorite and why?

Jackson M.

2019-02-27 18:00:19 UTC

What is your favorite book you did not write?

Connor G.

2019-02-27 18:14:13 UTC

Why did you make a baby figuring out this advanced science?

Sam G.

2019-02-27 18:14:16 UTC

What inspired you to make hard subjects in a kid's point of view?

Max G.

2019-02-27 18:14:57 UTC

When you were a kid were you a maker like Maxine?

Dylan L.

2019-02-27 18:15:22 UTC

1) How many books did you write?

Charlotte P.

2019-02-27 18:15:31 UTC

How did you come up with the saying "if i can dream it, i can make it!"?

Sean.B

2019-02-27 18:15:44 UTC

1.When did you write your first book?

Lia L

2019-02-27 18:19:06 UTC

What inspired you to become an author?

Ashley S.

2019-02-27 18:21:21 UTC

When did you start writing children's books?

Madeline A.

2019-02-27 18:21:34 UTC

How did you come up with the characters for your book.

Carolyn S.

2019-02-27 18:21:53 UTC

What is your favorite book that you wrote?

Julia R.

2019-02-28 15:34:15 UTC

Various sources show that you have never had a very elaborate interest for thinking outside of the box and/or having a growth mind set for yourself. What made you decide to make all of your published pieces about his topic?
2. Would you consider publishing another series or book for a more mature/older reader?

Sean T.

2019-02-28 15:46:13 UTC

When you were a child what books did you read?

Isabella E.

2019-02-28 15:46:29 UTC

1.What made you decide to write the Baby loves series?
2.Why did you want to write it in a baby's point of view?
3.When you were younger were you like Maxine?

Rafaella H.

2019-02-28 15:46:49 UTC

1.From my understanding, your books are generally written from a child's perspective. Is there a hidden reason to this? Or simply a preference of writing?
2. Do you think your writing craft will expand its audience and/or genre?
3. Did you get you inspiration of writing from a kids point of view from you childhood?

Ellie H.

2019-02-28 15:46:53 UTC

Do you use your experience in advertising to publicize your books.

Claire I.

2019-02-28 15:48:07 UTC

What inspired you to write the "Baby Loves" series?

Dylan D.

2019-02-28 15:57:31 UTC

When you came up with the idea to create your own holiday, what inspired you to call it "Bubble Gum Day"?

Matthew L.

2019-02-28 16:00:43 UTC

Did you ever write or draw when you were a kid

Richard W.

2019-02-28 17:59:02 UTC

Did it ever occur to you that kids might not understand the vocabulary like thermos-dynamics and quantum physics?

Brady N.

2019-02-28 17:59:49 UTC

Did you ever think to write books for older kids or adults, like chapter books? Or when you went to college there only was a class on children's books? Did you ever try to write an adult book?

Kaelah B.

2019-02-28 18:00:47 UTC

How did you come up with the Baby Loves books and was it hard?

Timothy O.

2019-02-28 18:01:38 UTC

What inspired you to write kids books like you do now?
Do you write adult books or only kid books?
And what was your favorite book that you made?
And how old were you when you started to write books?

Tj B.

2019-02-28 18:02:47 UTC

Why did you choose science as a topic for your books.Why not fiction or something.

Julianna C.

2019-02-28 18:03:52 UTC

1) Have you ever wrote a book or story without pictures? If so, what is it called?
2) Were you like Maxine as a kid? Meaning like you liked to make creations a lot?
3)What are you planning to write as your next book or series coming out? Or maybe a new book of "Baby Loves" series? - Julianna C

Charles S.

2019-02-28 18:03:54 UTC

If you could write a totally different series what would it be about?

Judd G.

2019-02-28 18:04:27 UTC

if you were forced or you wanted to write something different, what would it be? And why would you have picked that?

Emma D.

2019-02-28 18:08:46 UTC

Have you written any adult books?

Chloe S.

2019-02-28 18:08:55 UTC

When you were a child, did you enjoy writing books as much as you do now?

Cate

2019-02-28 18:11:29 UTC

What was your favorite subject in school as a child?

Kendall Q.

2019-02-28 18:11:37 UTC

1) I noticed your Baby Loves series calls the baby "baby" and I was wondering why you decided to make that decision?
2) Dis you decide to write your books, especially "Baby Loves" and "Made by Maxine", after a childhood experience or because your favorite subject in school was science or something where you got to create?

Dylan L.

2019-02-28 18:15:50 UTC

What inspired you to write Made By Maxine?

Nolan P.

2019-02-28 18:16:10 UTC

If you tried to write an adult's book, what would you name it?

Sofia L.

2019-02-28 18:18:34 UTC

1) When you were younger were you in any extra programs?
2) When you were a kid did you enjoy reading science books?
3) When you were younger do you think you would enjoy reading the "Baby Loves..." series?

Madeline R.

2019-02-28 18:23:10 UTC

What inspired you to write about like engineering projects?

Olivia E.

2019-02-28 18:27:25 UTC

What/Who inspired you to make the ''Baby Loves''series and why? Was there something special about them?

Colton G.

2019-03-01 15:14:43 UTC

How did our class inspire you to choose us for the Skype?
Why did you write the baby loves series?

Liam P.

2019-03-01 15:15:53 UTC

1.What inspired you to write books.
2.Why did you make one of your series about a baby and hard things like Thermodynamics.

aabend — 2019-03-01 15:17:04 UTC

What inspiared you to write about like engenearing projects?

Chloe Z 5

2019-03-01 15:17:26 UTC

1. Did you expect to become an author when you were a child?
2. Were you passionate about writing when you were younger?
3. Were you positive when you made your first book?

Angelo F.

2019-03-01 15:22:09 UTC

_{Do you think you would be doing well if you wrote chapter books instead of the types of books you write now?}

Jesse M.

2019-03-01 15:23:37 UTC

Do you think that people will be inspired by your books?

Thorp Z.

2019-03-01 15:23:38 UTC

Why did you chose to write about science?

Sean B.

2019-03-01 15:24:01 UTC

When you were a young kid did you write stories or illustrate anything and if so what were they about, and did you enjoy making them?

Mia T.

2019-03-01 15:24:56 UTC

If you were to write another series what would it be about?
What made you make books about babies that are so smart?

Alexa K.

2019-03-01 15:26:21 UTC

^{Did you get frustrated when you couldn't publish your first book for five years?}

Chloe Z. 4

2019-03-01 15:30:21 UTC

If you did not become an author what would you want to be?

Katie N.

2019-03-01 15:31:42 UTC

Who inspired you to write the"Baby Loves Science" series?
Is Maxine based on someone you know?
What is your favorite part about writing?

Michaela R.

2019-03-01 15:31:48 UTC

1. What made you choose the topics of the Baby Loves Science Series to relate to STEM?
2. How can you juggle being a mother of two daughters with very busy travel sports schedule, a wife, and an author?
3. Have your children ever questioned your choice about being an author?
4. Why did you make the choice to be an author that writes books for younger children with topics that high school students learn?

Jason H.

2019-03-01 15:33:32 UTC

1. What inspired you to become a Author.
2. Why is learning so important to you.

Mary X.

2019-03-01 15:34:55 UTC

1.Do you think the Baby Loves Science series are only for babies?
2.Did you want to be a author when you were little?
3.What is your favorite book?

Elaina C.

2019-03-01 15:40:56 UTC

1.What made you want to start writing?
2.What made you want to write about science?

Jameson L.

2019-03-01 15:42:44 UTC

Why did you write sciences for toddlers?

Alaina D.

2019-03-01 15:54:49 UTC

1. What book did you enjoy writing the most?
2. What book do you think is the most interesting?

Michael M.

2019-03-01 15:58:13 UTC

How would you describe
yourself in 1 word?
Do people recognize you on the streets?
Was there another school you considered choosing to win the skype competition?

Blake H.

2019-03-01 18:43:38 UTC

1. Did anyone say to you why you would write books about engineering and gravity to babies when books for babies are usually nowhere near the level of your books?
2. In your books to you base your characters off people you know like Maxine in Made By Maxine or do you just make up characters?
3. How many times did you get rejected to publish your books or say that you are out of your mind to make these types of books for babies?

Nick M.

2019-03-01 18:50:19 UTC

1. What inspired you to write such complicated books for youngsters, such as thermodynamics and quantum physics. These topics are hard to grasp for adults, let alone babies.
2. Did you ever think that you will be a children's author when you were a child?
3. Do you ever get recognized as "that writer" for children?

Reese A.

2019-03-02 16:28:32 UTC

1. Did you want to become an author when you were a child?
2. Do you have any books you didn't get a chance to publish. If so, what were they about?

Samantha F.

2019-03-03 00:48:44 UTC

1. In Made By Maxine how did you come up with having Maxine have an issue with bringing Milton to march in the class pet parade?
2. Why did you want to be in advertising for your first job and how did the idea of being an author come up?
3. What were you thinking during those five years that your book was not being accepted to be published?

Riley R.

2019-03-03 14:45:33 UTC

1. What gave you the inspiration to teach kids about science and math using the baby loves series?

2. Is their a book out of all the ones you've written that you are the most proud of? If so, what was it?

Julia D.

2019-03-03 15:28:51 UTC

1. Were the people that you had worked with previously in advertising shocked to find out your career change for a specific audience?

2. When you decided you wanted to be an author, did you automatically think of writing about such a mature topic for young children, or did you have other ideas first? If you had original ideas, what were they?

3. Have you always believed that children can do anything adults can do, and that maybe some adults are the ones that don't understand the way a child's mind works?

Logan R.

2019-03-03 17:04:42 UTC

Were you ever discouraged by other authors who were doing very different baby books than you?

John D.

2019-03-07 15:31:51 UTC

When you first published the Baby Loves series, what was the intended age for the readers? in other words, are these books just for babies?

Cate O.

2019-03-07 20:46:44 UTC

Who inspired you to write "Made By Maxine" and "The Baby Love Series"?