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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2001-01-09

Imaginative Inventions: The Who, What, Where, When, and Why of Roller Skates, Potato Chips, Marbles, and Pie

Imaginative Inventions: The Who, What, Where, When, and Why of Roller Skates, Potato Chips, Marbles, and Pie

Charise Mericle Harper, Author

Hardcover

9780316347259

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Telling the fascinating stories behind chewing gum, the Frisbee, high-heeled shoes, and marbles, this offbeat book gives the quirky details behind kids' favorite inventions. Full color.
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Fun meets function in these quirky profiles of everyday innovations. Engaging and playful, this collection spotlights creativity, persistence, and the joy of solving problems.

Keywords and Themes: Creativity • Curiosity • Discovery • Experiments & Projects • History • Humor • Ingenuity • Innovation • Invention • Inventions • Juvenile Nonfiction • Problem-Solving • Science & Nature • Technology

Readability • 4.4

Age Range • 4-8

Pages • 32

Subjects • Inventions • History

Categories • Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Inventions • Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Experiments & Projects

Have you ever wondered how chewing gum was invented? Or who made the first roller skates? Or why there are piggy banks rather than doggy banks? Imaginative Inventions answers all of these questions and tells the fascinating stories behind these, as well as potato chips, eyeglasses, doughnuts, high-heeled shoes, the wheelbarrow, marbles, the vacuum cleaner, animal crackers, and more. Written in verse and with illustrations full of offbeat characters and quirky details, this book invites young readers inside the minds of great inventors and encourages them to think imaginatively.
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