Brainstorm!: The Stories of Twenty American Kid Inventors

By Tom Tucker

Book Overview

Here are some of the incredible kid inventions you can read about inBrainstorm! Earmuffs (1873) Colored car wax (1991) Electronic television (1927) The Popsicle (1905) Flippers and swimming paddles (1718) The Atomic Simulator (1977) A tack-making machine (1806) The resealable cereal box (1946)

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374309442
• ISBN13: 9780374309442
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 6.3"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Book of interest

This book allowed me relate stories of kid inventors to my classroom students. These stories were easy for them to relate to and showed them that we value their ideas and contributions. They can be used to inpsire the next generation of kid inventors.

Great for kids with ideas....

Brainstorm! is a great book about child inventors. Children in grades 3 through 6 will enjoy it. Each chapter -- averaging 2 to 5 pages -- focuses on a child and his or her inventions. There are plenty of female inventors, and the book includes some inventions that are modest as well as ground-breaking. This book will inspire children to have confidence in their ideas.