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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 608 EAN: 9780142404607 ISBN: 0142404608 Label: Puffin Manufacturer: Puffin Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 56 Publication Date: September 08, 2005 Publisher: Puffin Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Studio: Puffin Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: The creators of the Caldecott Medalist So You Want to Be President? mirror that successful format in this enthusiastic, fact-filled picture-book tribute to predominately American and European inventors. Kids may be inspired to make history themselves when they learn that Benjamin Franklin was concocting new inventions by age 12. Solid advice such as "If you want to be an inventor, find a need and fill it" or "If you want to be an inventor, be a dreamer" precedes sections on people who did just that. Famous innovations such as Eli Whitney's cotton gin share equal billing with ideas that never really took off, like Andrew Jackson Jr.'s adjustable eyeglasses for chickens or Franz Vester's coffin with escape hatch (in case the person inside was still alive.) The brief anecdotes about each inventor and invention don't offer much historical context, but readers will devour fascinating facts on the origins of Velcro (cockleburs on a Swiss engineer's pants) and the story of where the expression "the real McCoy" came from (the train lubricators of Elijah McCoy). Two female inventors--one who was fed up with dishpan hands and invented the first dishwasher, and actress Hedy Lamarr, who helped invent a system for guiding torpedoes by radio signals in World War II--accompany the otherwise male-heavy cast of characters. One-sentence biographical notes in the back list the inventors in alphabetical order and a bibliography concludes the book. David Small's lively, color-washed illustrations steal the show, zeroing in on comical moments in history and creative gleams of discovery to great effect. (Ages 7 and older) --Karin Snelson Product Description: Judith St. George and David Small, the Caldecott Medalwinning team who created So You Want to Be President?, are back with another spirited and witty look at history, this time the history of inventions. So You Want to Be an Inventor? features some of the worlds best-known inventorsThomas Edison, Eli Whitney, Alexander Graham Bellas well as some of the lesser-known geniuses. St. George and Small are quick to point out that inventors have been kids and adults, presidents and farmers, men and women. Some of their inventions you may know, such as the radio or the telephone. Others were so bizarre that they never made it for example, the vacuum haircutting helmet or eyeglasses for chickens! This book is the perfect introduction to the sometimes zany, always interesting world of inventors and inventing. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Inventions and Inventors...Just Go For It.....Author Judith St. George and award winning illustrator David Small are back with a new and engaging look at history, and those who enjoyed their first collaboration, So You Want To Be President, are in for another captivating, fun-filled treat. So you want to be an inventor and you think you have what it takes. Take a peek inside the covers of this clever book, and find out a little about some of the famous and not-so-famous who have gone before you. Ms St. George's easy to read, short profiles ... Read More 
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