Exciting Entertainment Inventions
From the Series Awesome Inventions You Use Every Day
Can you believe that the first tennis balls didn’t bounce? Or that the world’s first basketball hoop was a peach crate? Get ready to learn the amazing stories behind inventions you use every day. From the Minnesota teen who invented water skis to the Missouri mechanic who came up with the idea of driving over cars with his monster pickup truck, you’ll find out how we got some of our favorite entertainment inventions.
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| Interest Level | Grade 3 - Grade 6 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 4 |
| Genre | Science |
| Category | STEM, STEM: Engineering |
| Copyright | 2014 |
| Publisher | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Imprint | Lerner Publications ™ |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 32 |
| Publication Date | 2013-08-01 |
| Reading Counts! Level | 4.4 |
| Text Type | Informational/Explanatory |
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| BISACS | JNF054000, JNF061010, JNF051190 |
| Dewey | 688.7'6 |
| Graphics | Full-color illustrations |
| Dimensions | 7 x 10 |
| Lexile | 720 |
| ATOS Reading Level | 4.5 |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 159724 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 1.0 |
| Features | Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Photo captions, Reviewed, Sidebars, Table of contents, Teaching Guides, and eSource |
Author: Ryan Jacobson
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Reviews
School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
“This set is a browsers’ delight as well as a rich resource for science or pop-history report writers.” —School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
