Marvelous Mattie is the story of loyalty, perseverance, determination, and transformation...the transformation of a poor girl who becomes a celebrated inventor and on the way, makes a path for other women to follow. Mattie is a transformer, one of the first to prove that women have brains and abilities, too!

This unit introduces students to law-related education, an important foundation for building character.

The 16-page Kids' Wings unit for Marvelous Mattie by Emily Arnold McCully include:

• Group Discussion Guide;
• Anticipation Guide,
• A readers theater plan for a mock trial focuses students on legal rights of ownership of ideas.
• The 8-page scripted mock trial provides fun and understanding of the legal process.  
•  A crossword puzzle of the nouns in the story,
• A Transformers page for recording the changes that were made in the world as well as in her life by Mattie's inventions,
• Questions about the events that transformed Mattie's life,
• Research study of students' choices of other transforming inventors,
• Multiple-choice comprehension, and
• An activity that compares books.