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So You Want To Be An Inventor? Hardcover - 2002
by Judith St. George
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
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!
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Details
- Title So You Want To Be An Inventor?
- Author Judith St. George
- Illustrator Art by David Small
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Condition Used - Near Fine
- Pages 53
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Philomel Books, New York
- Date 2002
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # 084927
- ISBN 9780399235931 / 0399235930
- Weight 1.18 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 11.74 x 9.3 x 0.43 in (29.82 x 23.62 x 1.09 cm)
- Ages 07 to 10 years
- Grade levels 2 - 5
- Reading level 910
- Library of Congress subjects Inventors, Inventions
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001055447
- Dewey Decimal Code 608
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Summary
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!