Great Inventions by Richard Wood
Grade: 3-6
Summary: Excellent book with great illustrations open up the world of discovery to children Which invention was nicknamed the "literary piano"? How can a human use the heart of pig? Children are naturally curious and this book lets them know that others have been just a curious and the results of the curiosity. The book is divided into seven subjects:
1. Everyday Life
2. Transportation
3. Communications
4. Instruments and Machines
5. Power and Energy
6. War and Peace
7. Life and Medicine
At the end of the book features some "crazy ideas" from the invention world such as the such as the car that vacuumed up jaywalkers or anti-gravity underwear. Children will enjoy the imaginatin of such items and even come to discover that some "crazy ideas" actually end up working with a little bit of ingenuity and tweaking such as the helicycle, the advent of the helicopter.