- Paperback: 150 pages
- Publisher: FSG Kids (Oct 1 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0374409285
- ISBN-13: 978-0374409289
- Product Dimensions: 22.7 x 15.5 x 1.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 249 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,112,199 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From School Library Journal
Grade 5-9?Brainstorm features young inventors from colonial to modern times and includes women and minorities. The ideas range from a safety device for power looms to the Popsicle, invented by an 11-year-old boy in 1905. Many inventors in this book started their careers as children and some held patents while still in their teens. Others did not receive their first patent until they were older and were able to raise the money necessary to fund the patenting process. The last chapter explains that process and gives advice on ways to save money on searches. Black-and-white photographs and pen-and-ink drawings show the inventor and/or their inventions. A useful book for encouraging self-expression and the creative process.?Margaret M. Hagel, Norfolk Public Library System, VA
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
Gr. 4^-7. Some of the "kid inventors" of the subtitle are quite young; others are below their legal majority, but not really kids. The 20 stories Tucker tells show the passion for creative tinkering in many forms. Drawn from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, they record the invention of such things as earmuffs (1873), Popsicles (1905), waterskiing (1922), and colored car wax (1991). Some readers may be heartened to find out that a few of the kids profiled were considered "vexatious dullards" before they met with success. A concluding section gives good, specific advice for young inventors (and their teachers). Mary Harris Veeder
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Fairly Dull,
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This review is from: Brainstorm (Paperback)
Reason for Reading: Came with our history curriculum. Read aloud to my ds, a biography at a time over a period of time.A collection of short biographies featuring kid inventors, focusing on what they invented and how it came to be. Includes such inventions as earmuffs, coloured car wax, the Popsicle, water skis, resealable cereal box tops and others. Neither of us was particularly thrilled with this book. The inventions I've mentioned above were the ones that ds enjoyed most. A lot of the other inventions were things he couldn't care less about like tufted bedspreads or couldn't relate to such as the rotary steam engine. Ds was keen when I started reading a story about a real kid (an 8yo or a 13yo) but some of these bios are about 17 or 18 year old's and that is pushing it a bit for a 10yo to consider a kid. Then some bios often were about how the inventor got the idea as a kid but didn't bring it to fruition until they were an adult which I think is cheating in regards to the title of the book. Also any mechanical or engineering inventions such as the electrical TV and the rotary steam engine were very detailed with scientific specifics which made the 10 yo's eyes glaze over. By the time we got to the last 5 stories he was begging me not to read the book anymore so I read them quickly in bed one night to if they were worth trudging through and I couldn't find any reason he needed to hear them so we ended the read-aloud there. I wouldn't recommend the book.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great for kids with ideas....,
This review is from: Brainstorms!: The Stories of Twenty American Kid Inventors (Hardcover)
Brainstorm! is a great book about child inventors. Children in grades 3 through 6 will enjoy it. Each chapter -- averaging 2 to 5 pages -- focuses on a child and his or her inventions. There are plenty of female inventors, and the book includes some inventions that are modest as well as ground-breaking. This book will inspire children to have confidence in their ideas.
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3.3 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 30 of 30 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great for kids with ideas....,
By Diogenes99 - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Brainstorms!: The Stories of Twenty American Kid Inventors (Hardcover)
Brainstorm! is a great book about child inventors. Children in grades 3 through 6 will enjoy it. Each chapter -- averaging 2 to 5 pages -- focuses on a child and his or her inventions. There are plenty of female inventors, and the book includes some inventions that are modest as well as ground-breaking. This book will inspire children to have confidence in their ideas.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Book of interest,
By R. Combs "sciencerulz" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Brainstorm (Paperback)
This book allowed me relate stories of kid inventors to my classroom students. These stories were easy for them to relate to and showed them that we value their ideas and contributions. They can be used to inpsire the next generation of kid inventors.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Fairly Dull,
By Nicola Manning - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Brainstorm (Paperback)
Reason for Reading: Came with our history curriculum. Read aloud to my ds, a biography at a time over a period of time.A collection of short biographies featuring kid inventors, focusing on what they invented and how it came to be. Includes such inventions as earmuffs, coloured car wax, the Popsicle, water skis, resealable cereal box tops and others. Neither of us was particularly thrilled with this book. The inventions I've mentioned above were the ones that ds enjoyed most. A lot of the other inventions were things he couldn't care less about like tufted bedspreads or couldn't relate to such as the rotary steam engine. Ds was keen when I started reading a story about a real kid (an 8yo or a 13yo) but some of these bios are about 17 or 18 year old's and that is pushing it a bit for a 10yo to consider a kid. Then some bios often were about how the inventor got the idea as a kid but didn't bring it to fruition until they were an adult which I think is cheating in regards to the title of the book. Also any mechanical or engineering inventions such as the electrical TV and the rotary steam engine were very detailed with scientific specifics which made the 10 yo's eyes glaze over. By the time we got to the last 5 stories he was begging me not to read the book anymore so I read them quickly in bed one night to if they were worth trudging through and I couldn't find any reason he needed to hear them so we ended the read-aloud there. I wouldn't recommend the book. |
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