Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions and How They Came to Be
Charlotte Foltz Jones. Doubleday Books for Young Readers, $11.95 (96pp) ISBN 978-0-385-32043-6
Droll cartoons illustrate the stories behind the invention of such everyday items as Silly Putty, trouser cuffs, popsicles and penicillin. Ages 8-up. (June)
Details
Reviewed on: 05/02/1994
Genre: Children's
Hardcover - 96 pages - 978-0-399-55202-1
Hardcover - 78 pages - 978-0-385-26246-0
Paperback - 978-604-77-4927-0
Prebound-Glued - 978-0-7569-0323-7
Prebound-Sewn - 96 pages - 978-0-7857-3500-7
