The Database Of All The Reviews

So you want to be an inventor?
Judith St. George
Illustrated by David Small
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 8 to 12
Penguin, 2002, 0-399-23593-0
  Do you love to make things with your hands? Do you find tinkering with machines titillating? Do you think that you would like to become an inventor? Then you might find it useful to take a look at the lives and work of inventors who have gone before you.
  One thing you need to keep in mind is that you don’t need to be a grown up to become an inventor. Benjamin Franklin invented his first inventions when he was only twelve. Better still, you can keep on inventing until you are quite grey. So get to work and don’t waste time. Make sure that you identify a need though. There is no point inventing something that no one is going to use or buy. Perhaps you can invent something that would make your own life easier the way Cyrus McCormick and Elijah McCoy did. Or perhaps you can invent something quite unique that you dream up all by yourself. Where would the world be today if Alexander Graham Bell had not “dreamed of people talking across distances.”
  This is a truly inspiring collection of stories about inventors and the inventions that they created. With humor and a clever use of language the author makes history, biography and science entertaining and accessible. She reminds her readers that the inspiration for inventions can be found anywhere and everywhere, and that it pays to persevere even if you fail and even if other people laugh at you. She also makes sure that her readers remember that women have also been great inventors, that inventors come in all shapes and sizes, and that they come from all walks of life.
  With his signature watercolor illustrations, David Small brings the inventors and their creations to life. Often humorous and always wonderful to look at, the illustrations are perfectly suited to the carefully researched and engaging text.

An Online Children’s Book Review Journal

Through The Looking Glass Children’s Book Reviews

Online book reviews for the child in your life featuring both new and popular children's book authors

Kids book reviews, including book reviews of chapter books, novels, picture books, and non-fiction from famous children’s literature authors. Your review site of books for children.

Welcome to Through the Looking Glass Book Reviews. We have moved! Please visit the new site at www.lookingglassreview.com to enjoy the new website.