So You Want to Be an Inventor? (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780142404607)

St. George and Small, the Caldecott Medal-winning team who created So You Want to Be President?, are back with another spirited and witty look at history-this time focusing on the inventors and inventions who have given us lightbulbs, automobiles, and all the other things that keep the world humming.

So You Want to Be an Inventor? features some of the world's best-known inventors-Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin, Eli Whitney-as well as lesser-known geniuses like Georges de Mestral (inventor of Velcro), Wilhelm Roentgen (inventor of X rays), and Hedy Lamarr (inventor of a system that became the basis for satellite communication-who knew?). Whether you're a dreamer or a loner, a copycat or a daredevil, this book might just inspire readers to invent something that could change the world

Author: Judith St George
ISBN-10: 0142404608
ISBN-13: 9780142404607
Publisher: Puffin Books
Language: English
Published: 09/08/2005
Pages: 56
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 11.26h x 8.98w x 0.16d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 59144 / So You Want to Be an Inventor?

Award: Grand Canyon Reader Award - Nominee