Oh, the Things They Invented! : All About Great Inventors (Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library)

Description

From the first printing press to the world Wide web-the cat looks at inventors and inventions that have changed our lives! The cat in the Hat goes back in time to meet with the masterminds of more than a dozen inventions that made a major impact on our lives today-from famous figures like Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and the Wright brothers to lesser-known ones like Garrett Morgan, Mary Anderson, and Tim berners-lee. Children will learn basic information about each invention, as well as fascinating facts like How guttenberg’s famous printing machine was made from an old wine press, how a steaming teakettle may have inspired the creation of the steam engine, and how table salt changed the history of photography. Ideal for supporting the common Core State Standards, and a natural for fans of the hit PBS kids show the cat in the Hat knows a lot about that!, this is a great way to introduce beginning readers to science!.