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9780316347259

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

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  • ISBN13:

    9780316347259

  • ISBN10:

    0316347256

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-09-01
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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Summary

Written in verse and filled with full-color illustrations drawn by the author, this book invites young readers inside the minds of great inventors, encouraging them to think imaginatively as it offers the origins of items such as roller skates, potato chips, eyeglasses, the vacuum cleaner, and more.

Author Biography

Charise Mericle Harper lives in a house with two cats, two dogs, and a very nice husband. She is the author and illustrator of When I Grow Up. Charise is especially thankful for the invention of muffins, which taste a lot like cake, except you get to eat them for breakfast

Table of Contents

Potato Chips
4(2)
Frisbee®
6(2)
Pie
8(2)
Piggy Bank
10(2)
Eyeglasses
12(2)
Doughnut
14(2)
Flat-Bottomed Paper Bag
16(2)
High-Heeled Shoes
18(2)
Wheelbarrow
20(2)
Chewing Gum
22(2)
Roller Skates
24(2)
Marbles
26(2)
Vacuum Cleaner
28(2)
Animal Cookies
30(2)
A Last Word About Inventions
32

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