So You Want to Be An Inventor?
Author: Judith St. George
Illustrator: David Small
So You Want to Be An Inventor? is a witty book full of inventions and inventors. It is a historical book that can introduce both inventions, as well as the inventors. This book is great to present a variety of occupations to students. The book begins by inviting the student to be an inventor too. Share this book with students to let their imagination and creativity grow!
Here is a little snippet:
“Are you a kid who likes to tinker with machines that click and clank, levers that pull, bells that ring, cogs that grind, switches that turn on and off, wires that vibrate, dials that spin? You watch TV, ride a bike, phone your friends, pop popcorn in a microwave, go to the movies. Inventions! And you want to be an inventor, too?
You don’t have to have white hair and wrinkles to be an inventor.
At twelve, Benjamin Franklin invented swim paddles for his hands and kick paddles for his feet. When he grew up, Ben Franklin invented the lightning rod, Franklin stove, fireplace damper, library stepstool and odometer to measure the distance that a vehicle travels. At seventy-seven, he invented bifocal glasses.”