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

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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/01/2001
ISBN: 9780316347259
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 11.17h x 8.97w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 08/01/2001 pg. 1123
Publishers Weekly 08/20/2001 pg. 79
School Library Journal 10/01/2001 pg. 140
Booklist 12/15/2001 pg. 734
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2001 pg. 154 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2002 pg. 154 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 62002 / Imaginative Inventions: The Who, What, Where, When, and Why of Roller Skates, Potato Chips, Marbles,
Reading Level: 4.4 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5