Scholastic Book Of Firsts

By James Buckley Jr.

Book Overview

SCHOLASTIC BOOK OF FIRSTS tells the fascinating, quirky, and sometimes completely zany stories behind how just about anything and everything got started. Whether it's the first automobile rolling off... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 043967607X
• ISBN13: 9780439676076
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Scholastic Reference
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Great, Informative, and Fun Read

i picked up this book and I flipped through it and I loved it. It is great if you are a trivia buff or if you are just interested in reading facts. some of the facts are very surprising. it is a great book to just sit down and read with or if you need something to do with a group it makes a great trivia game. The book is divided into chapters: 1. air and space 2.Entertainment 3.Everyday things 4.Exploration 5.Food 6.Government 7. Grab Bag 8.Groundbreakers 9.Medicine 10.Money 11.sports 12.technology 13.Transportation( excluding air travel) Index the page of lasts It isn't a boring format with just text, it is exciting with illustrations and two page reports on people such as the Wright Brothers and Thomas Edison. Here are some facts from the chapters: Air and Space: The first in-flight magazine was clipper magazine and was published by Pan american The first passenger was Charles Furnas, in a plane piloted by Wilbur Wright entertainment the first sci-fi movie was a trip to the moon 1902 The first commercial was in 1941. it was for the Bulova watch company and cost bulova nine dollars. Everyday Things Chap stick debuted in 1884 Monopoly was first sold in 1933 Food First Girl scout cookie sale was in 1922 Lombardi's was the first pizzeria in the US it was located in New York City america's first restaurant was opeded in 1794 in Boston, Mass and is still operating today Other Facts The first Banana split was made in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the first subway in America was in Boston, Mass the first website was info.cern.ch you can still visit it today the first digital camera was made in 1981 but was not made useful to the public until the late 1990's the first cell phone was invented by motorola in 1973 and it weighed 30 pounds Well that's t buy the book and read the rest!!