TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jones,Charlotte Foltz
AU  - O'Brien,John
TI  - Mistakes that worked: the world's familiar inventions and how they came to be 
T2  - OUR ELA Curriculum Recommended Title
SN  - 0385320434 (pbk.)
U1  - 609 JON 22
PY  - 1991///; 2016
CY  - New York
PB  - Doubleday
KW  - Inventions
KW  - Juvenile literature
N1  - 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; 6.6; 3-6; 1040L; Lexile; T; Fountas
N2  - Presents the stories behind forty things that were invented or named by accident, including aspirin, X-rays, Frisbees, Silly Putty, and Velcro
ER  -