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When Everything Went Wrong
10 Real Stories of Inventors Who Didn't Give Up!
By Max Temporelli and Barbara Gozzi
Illustrated by Agnese Innocente
Published by Andrews McMeel Publishing
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book
Did you know? Some of the world's greatest inventions started off as failures! Inventions like Coca-Cola, shoes, and vacuum cleaners were actually mistakes. Told in a mixture of comic panels and prose, this gorgeous book shares the stories of 10 of these fabulous inventions.
Did you know? Some of the world's greatest inventions started off as failures! Inventions like Coca-Cola, shoes, and vacuum cleaners were actually mistakes. Told in a mixture of comic panels and prose, this gorgeous book shares the stories of 10 of these fabulous inventions.
Thomas Edison famously said, “I have not failed once at making a light bulb, I have simply found ninety-nine ways of not making ones.” In When Everything Went Wrong, readers will read about 10 inventors who persevered. Making mistakes doesn't mean you failed . . . it's all part of the process!
Inventors included in this book are:
Kids will love all the fun facts and true stories in this book, told in both prose and comic form!
Did you know? Some of the world's greatest inventions started off as failures! Inventions like Coca-Cola, shoes, and vacuum cleaners were actually mistakes. Told in a mixture of comic panels and prose, this gorgeous book shares the stories of 10 of these fabulous inventions.
Thomas Edison famously said, “I have not failed once at making a light bulb, I have simply found ninety-nine ways of not making ones.” In When Everything Went Wrong, readers will read about 10 inventors who persevered. Making mistakes doesn't mean you failed . . . it's all part of the process!
Inventors included in this book are:
- Thomas Edison
- Jan Matzeliger
- Guglielmo Marconi
- Wilson Greatbach
- James Dyson
- Margarete Steiff
- Stephanie Louis Kwolek
- Charles Goodyear
- Percy Spencer
- John Stith Pemberton
Kids will love all the fun facts and true stories in this book, told in both prose and comic form!
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Product Details
- Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (May 2, 2023)
- Length: 80 pages
- ISBN13: 9781524880422
- Grades: 2 - 6
- Ages: 7 - 12
- Lexile ® 830L The Lexile reading levels have been certified by the Lexile developer, MetaMetrics®
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