| Description |
48 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Tapestry of the past: Prehistory, discovery of clay -- Evening among peach blossoms, invention of paper by Ts'ai Lun -- Winged words, Johann Gutenberg's printing press -- Wizard, Leonardo da Vinci -- Age of invention: Those fabulous Frenchmen, French balloonists in the 1700s -- Food of the gods, first chocolate bar -- Ode to Spode, invention of the dishwasher -- There is a craving, Dr. Sara J. Baker, champion of children's health -- Real McCoy, invention of the self-lubricated engine -- Light interlude: Do ya know 'em?, inventors whose names have become synonymous with their inventions -- Dawn of the modern age: Light-ah! the light, Marie Curie -- Length of pink ribbon, invention of the bra -- Cockleburs, invention of Velcro -- Walt tells it like it is, invention of the Frisbee -- This is my life, Nobel Prize-winning scientist Barbara McClintock -- Enquire within, invention of the World Wide Web. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.4 1.0 85421. |
| Subject |
Inventors -- Juvenile poetry.
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Children's poetry, American.
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Inventors -- Poetry.
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American poetry.
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| Added Author |
Chavez, K. Bennett (Kristen Bennett), illustrator.
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| ISBN |
0761316655 library binding |
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