Mistakes that worked : the world's familiar inventions and how they came to be /
Jones, Charlotte Foltz.
Mistakes that worked : the world's familiar inventions and how they came to be / Charlotte Foltz Jones ; illustrated by John O'Brien. - 78 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm. - OUR ELA Curriculum Recommended Title ; Grade 6 Module 2 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-78) and index.
Favorite foods -- Doctor, doctor -- Fun, fun, fun -- All kinds of accidental things -- What they wear.
School Library Journal, November 1997. Booklist starred, August 1997. Booklist, May 2000. Horn Book, May 2000.
Presents the stories behind forty things that were invented or named by accident, including aspirin, X-rays, Frisbees, Silly Putty, and Velcro.
6.6 3-6 1040L Lexile T Fountas
0385320434 (pbk.) 0385262469 0329134388 9780385320436 1413199275 9780385262460 9780329134389 9781413199277 9780399552021
Inventions--Juvenile literature.
Inventions.
609 JON
Mistakes that worked : the world's familiar inventions and how they came to be / Charlotte Foltz Jones ; illustrated by John O'Brien. - 78 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm. - OUR ELA Curriculum Recommended Title ; Grade 6 Module 2 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-78) and index.
Favorite foods -- Doctor, doctor -- Fun, fun, fun -- All kinds of accidental things -- What they wear.
School Library Journal, November 1997. Booklist starred, August 1997. Booklist, May 2000. Horn Book, May 2000.
Presents the stories behind forty things that were invented or named by accident, including aspirin, X-rays, Frisbees, Silly Putty, and Velcro.
6.6 3-6 1040L Lexile T Fountas
0385320434 (pbk.) 0385262469 0329134388 9780385320436 1413199275 9780385262460 9780329134389 9781413199277 9780399552021
Inventions--Juvenile literature.
Inventions.
609 JON