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What's the Big Idea?: Inventions That Changed Life on Earth Forever

What's the Big Idea?: Inventions That Changed Life on Earth Forever

Attoe, Steve
Becker, Helaine

Hardcover

Science & Nature

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ISBN10: 1897349602
ISBN13: 9781897349601
Publisher: Maple Tree Pr
Pages: 96
Weight: 1.55
Height: 0.50 Width: 9.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
This lively book by an award-winning author brings to life the history of human innovation for young readers. What's the Big Idea? focuses on those inventions that help fulfill people's six basic needs: food, sleep, security, shelter, companionship, and good health. Main spreads feature a specific invention such as the wheel and axle, paper, bicycles, or the Internet. Each one starts with a What's the Big Idea? box that explains the problem the inventors were trying to solve. It answers the pertinent questions: Why this invention and why now? Fast Facts and Big Ideas sidebars give young readers quick blasts of information reference-style. Twelve special spreads scattered throughout the book highlight either a famous inventor or a specific theme. The Inventor Biography spreads profile inventors such as da Vinci, Galileo, and Thomas Edison, and summarize their main inventions. Comic strips deliver an added snippet of information and a humorous punch. Helaine Becker's witty, inventive text and Steve Attoe's wonderfully whimsical art make this a book children can enjoy while they learn.

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