Kids Inventing!: A Handbook for Young Inventors

by Susan Casey and Susan M. Casey

Book Overview

Have you ever seen inventors on TV or in the newspaper and thought, "That could be me " Well, it certainly could--and this book shows you how. Kids Inventing gives you easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for turning your ideas into realities for fun, competition, and even profit.

From finding an idea and creating a working model to patenting, manufacturing, and selling your invention, you get expert guidance in all the different stages...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471660868
• ISBN13: 9780471660866
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.5" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 6 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 12

Customer Reviews

Great start for a young inventor

My youngest daughter loves to come up with new ideas but has no idea how to implement them or whether she is on the right track. This book has helped her focus her creativity in a more productive manner. She is now more focused and realistic about her ideas whereas before many of her ideas were impossible or just off the wall.

Every library needs Kids Inventing!

This book gives loads of ideas and stories to inspire kids to become inventors. Almost a hundred examples of kids inventing are featured along with advice on each step of the invention process. The author shows that its a fun and a potenially Money Making activity. Kids Inventing! can change a child's life!

Kids Inventing is Terrific!!!!

I really love Kids Inventing!, THE handbook for young inventors. Written by that expert on invention (also see author Susan Casey's excellent book, Women Invent!), this is a book about inventions by kids, and it's written to be read and used by kids. Easy to read, full of first-rate practical advice, with lots of good photos and charts, this book will be especially useful not only for all those young inventors out there, but also for their teachers. I'm a teacher myself, and am always on the lookout for books that encourage children to think big, to explore what could be, to use their imagination...and Kids Inventing! is exactly this kind of inspiring book. The advice on patents and trademarks alone is well worth the price of the book. There is a great deal too, of interesting history throughout. The sections on awards, invention fairs, science fairs, contests, camps...all of these add to the completely practical aspect of Kids Inventing! Author Casey guides the reader step-by-step, always encouraging, always guiding with a sure hand. Kids Inventing! is sure to be a big hit with the brightest, highest achieving students....but I believe that it will also be of plenty of interest to most kids. This one ought to be in every school library...shot it ought to be in all the classrooms! Highly recommended.