Imaginative Inventions
 Charise Mericle Harper
 (Reviewed by The Editor - Rebecca Brown)
 2001 Little, Brown & Co
  ISBN: 0316347256


The Who, What, Where, When, and Why of Roller Skates, Potato Chips, Marbles, and Pie -- and More!

Have you ever wondered how people think up things to use? Then Imaginative Inventions in funny, frenetic verses with wild illustrations, will show you how chewing gum, piggy banks, frisbees, eyeglasses, doughnuts, high-heeled shoes & wheelbarrows invented.

“How are Inventions made?
Is it really hard to do?
To think of something people need
that's different and brand-new?”

On the side of a page are the Facts & statistics about the inventions.

Did you know that there was life before Frisbees?
How long do you think doughnuts have been with us?
Who wanted the first pair of eyeglasses?
What about those Flat-Bottomed Paper Bags in which your parents bring home groceries?
Why did the passion for chewing gum stick?
Exactly how did the vacuum cleaner start sucking up dirt?

Questions, questions, odd & silly
answered in poems both factually & frilly!

A good book to start you wondering about how things got started & why.

Charise Mericle Harper lives in a house with two cats, two dogs, & a very nice husband. She is the author & illustrator of When I Grow Up.
(06/16/02)

Rebecca