Mistakes that Worked the World's familiar Inventions and How They Came to be

Reviewed by: Barbara Merritt - Scarborough School District, Scarborough, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: October 24, 2016

Review

This book is full of fun vignettes about how things came to be invented that will make good dinner time conversation for young readers and their families. Most are just one to two pages and often include a few fun facts about the invention listed in a related, fun form. Readers will learn that sandwiches were created by an earl too busy gambling to eat with two hands, that potato chips were invented by an angry chef whose customer wanted thinner and thinner potatoes, and lots more fun and interesting stories about things they use every day. This would be a good book to pick up and read just a few pages at the end of a busy day.

Overall Book Score: good