This Book Thinks You're an Inventor (Paperback)

Jon Milton

ISBN 10: 0500651760 / ISBN 13: 9780500651766

Published by Thames & Hudson Ltd, London, 2020

About this Item

Paperback. This activity book helps children to think like an inventor by introducing key engineering concepts in a highly visual and entertaining way. Through fun activities and Harriet Russell's playful illustrations, it encourages readers to engage with new ideas and think about problems in a creative way. The book explores the six key aspects of engineering that are essential to any successful inventor: problem-finding, designing, making and testing, improving your invention, building techniques and how to find new uses for existing objects. Each spread centres on an open-ended question that introduces a different way of approaching an invention. Activities include making a bridge from toothpicks and mini marshmallows; inventing a way to lift this book without touching it; building a painting robot; designing your own remote control; and harvesting electricity from a banana. At the end of the book is a tinkering lab, which includes paper-based crafts and engineering activities. A creative fill-in book conceived with the Science Museum to encourage children to think like an inventor by questioning everything and dreaming up new ideas. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Seller Inventory # 9780500651766

Bibliographic Details

• Title: This Book Thinks You're an Inventor (Paperback)
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500651760
• ISBN 13: 9780500651766
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Russell, Harriet
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

Using fun activities and hilarious illustrations, this fill-in book helps children think like an inventor.

This interactive book helps children think like an inventor by noticing details, questioning everything, and dreaming up new ideas. Through fun activities and Harriet Russell’s hilarious illustrations, This Book Thinks You’re an Inventor encourages readers to engage with new ideas by creatively experimenting and investigating for themselves.

The book explores six subjects: engineering household objects, transportation, flight, AI and robots, construction, and the future of science. Each spread centers on an open-ended question or activity, with space on the page for the child to write, draw, or interact with the book. At the end, there are paper-based tinkering activities and experiments for children.

Hand-drawn illustrations and a collage-style use of photographs give the book a fresh, creative, and fun approach that makes the scientific content appealing for children.

Illustrated in color throughout

About the Authors

Jon Milton is head of content at the Science Museum, London, and author of The Super-Intelligent High-Tech Robot Book.

Harriet Russell is a London-based artist. She has written and illustrated eight books for children and is the illustrator of the This Book Thinks You’re a . . . activity series. Follow her on Instagram @harriet_russell_illustration.