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Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor

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By Emily Arnold McCully
Publisher Farrar, Straus Giroux - (Farrar, Straus Giroux (BYR))
Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor
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With her sketchbook labeled My Inventionsand her fathers toolbox, Mattie could make almost anything toys, sleds, and a foot warmer. When she was just twelve years old, Mattie designed a metal guard to prevent shuttles from shooting off textile looms and injuring workers. As an adult, Mattie invented the machine that makes the squarebottom paper bags we still use today. However, in court, a man claimed the invention was his, stating that she could not possibly understand the mechanical complexities. Marvelous Mattie proved him wrong, and over the course of her life earned the title of the Lady Edison. With charming penandink and watercolor illustrations, this introduction to one of the most prolific female inventors will leave readers inspired. Marvelous Mattieis a 2007 Bank Street Best Childrens Book of the Year.

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1961 words1,961 words
32 pages32 pages
Lexile AD720LLexile AD720L
Grade 4 to 8Grade 4 to 8
Published 2006Published 2006

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Book ISBN:

9780374348106

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