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So You Want To Be An Inventor?

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By Judith St. George
Publisher Penguin Group (USA) LLC - (Puffin)
So You Want To Be An Inventor?
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St. George and Small, the Caldecott Medalwinning team who created So You Want to Be President?, are back with another spirited and witty look at historythis 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 worlds bestknown inventorsThomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin, Eli Whitneyas well as lesserknown 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 communicationwho knew?). Whether youre 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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2064 words2,064 words
56 pages56 pages
Lexile 910LLexile 910L
Grade 2 to 5Grade 2 to 5
Age 7-10Age 7-10
Published 2002Published 2002

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9780142404607

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