Discover the extraordinary stories behind everyday things! Did you know that the ice cream sundae was invented because of a law forbidding the sale of ice cream on Sundays? Or that the first motorcycle was really just a tricycle with a motor? Would you believe that Mickey Mouse started out as a rabbit? Arranged in alphabetical order with anecdotal, fun-to-read text, this fascinating book is packed with the stories behind these and over 100 more inventions. "[An] entertaining volume of trivia." --Kirkus Reviews
Audible Audiobook
(Listening Library, March 5, 2019)
Discover the extraordinary stories behind everyday things! Did you know that the ice cream sundae was invented because of a law forbidding the sale of ice cream on Sundays? Or that the first motorcycle was really just a tricycle with a motor? Would you believe that Mickey Mouse started out as a rabbit? Arranged in alphabetical order, this fascinating book is packed with the stories behind these and over 100 more inventions. "[An] entertaining volume of trivia." (Kirkus Reviews)
Did you know that the ice cream sundae was invented because of a law forbidding the sale of ice cream on Sundays? Or that the first motorcycle was really just a tricycle with a motor? Would you believe that Mickey Mouse started out as a rabbit? Arranged in alphabetical order with anecdotal, fun-to-read text, this fascinating book is packed with the stories behind these and over 100 more inventions. "[An] entertaining volume of trivia." - Kirkus Reviews
Explains how a variety of ordinary objects, such as zippers, flyswatters, and drinking straws, were created, from the invention of the "Electric Flowerpot" to the chef who invented potato chips to get back at a demanding customer.
School & Library Binding
(Turtleback Books, March 1, 1999)
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. More than 100 brief, factual stories--arranged in alphabetical order--explain how various familiar things were invented, many by accident, from animal crackers to the ice cream sundae to the zipper.
Don L. Wulffson, Bryan Kennedy, Penguin Group USA and Audible
Audible Audiobook
(Penguin Group USA and Audible, )
Discover the extraordinary stories behind everyday things! Did you know that the ice cream sundae was invented because of a law forbidding the sale of ice cream on Sundays? Or that the first motorcycle was really just a tricycle with a motor? Would you believe that Mickey Mouse started out as a rabbit? Arranged in alphabetical order with anecdotal, fun-to-read text, this fascinating book is packed with the stories behind these and over 100 more inventions. "[An] entertaining volume of trivia." --Kirkus Reviews