Mistakes that worked
Record details
- ISBN: 1451700245 : PBD
- ISBN: 9781451700244 : PBD
- ISBN: 9780785735007 (Turtleback)
- ISBN: 0785735003 (Turtleback)
- ISBN: 9780385320436 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0385320434 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780385262460
- ISBN: 0385262469
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Physical Description:
78 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
regular print
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 1991.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A Doubleday Book for Young Readers." |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-78) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Tummy Fillers -- Brown 'n Serve Rolls -- Cheese -- Chocolate Chip Cookies -- Coca-Cola -- Doughnut Holes -- Fudge -- Ice Cream Cone -- Maple Syrup -- Popsicles -- Potato Chips -- Sandwiches -- Tea -- Tea Bags -- Doctor, Doctor -- Aspirin -- Dog Guides for Blind People -- Penicillin -- X Rays -- Fun, Fun, Fun -- The Frisbee Disc -- Piggy Bank -- Silly Putty -- Slinky -- All Kinds of Accidental Things -- Bricks -- Glass -- Glassblowing -- Safety Glass -- Ivory Soap -- Paper Towels -- Post-it Notes -- Vulcanization of Rubber -- Scotchgard -- Where in the World -- Bangor, Maine -- Jellico, Tennessee -- Leaning Tower of Pisa -- Nome, Alaska -- South Dakota: Jog in the Boundary -- What They Wear -- Cinderella's Glass Slipper -- VELCRO -- Leotards -- Levi's Jeans -- Trouser Cuffs -- The National Inventors Hall of Fame. |
Summary, etc.: | Presents the stories behind forty things that were invented or named by accident, including aspirin, X-rays, frisbees, silly putty, and velcro. |
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Subject: | Inventions Juvenile literature Inventions |
Available copies
- 24 of 25 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Slater Public Library - Griswold.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 25 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Slater Public Library - Griswold | J 609 JON (Text) | 35555000123440 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
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100 | 1 | . | ‡aJones, Charlotte Foltz. |
245 | 1 | 0. | ‡aMistakes that worked / ‡cCharlotte Foltz Jones ; illustrated by John O'Brien. |
250 | . | ‡a1st ed. | |
260 | . | ‡aNew York : ‡bDoubleday, ‡c1991. | |
300 | . | ‡a78 p. : ‡bcol. ill. ; ‡c21 cm. | |
500 | . | ‡a"A Doubleday Book for Young Readers." | |
504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 76-78) and index. | |
520 | . | ‡aPresents the stories behind forty things that were invented or named by accident, including aspirin, X-rays, frisbees, silly putty, and velcro. | |
505 | 0 | . | ‡aTummy Fillers -- Brown 'n Serve Rolls -- Cheese -- Chocolate Chip Cookies -- Coca-Cola -- Doughnut Holes -- Fudge -- Ice Cream Cone -- Maple Syrup -- Popsicles -- Potato Chips -- Sandwiches -- Tea -- Tea Bags -- Doctor, Doctor -- Aspirin -- Dog Guides for Blind People -- Penicillin -- X Rays -- Fun, Fun, Fun -- The Frisbee Disc -- Piggy Bank -- Silly Putty -- Slinky -- All Kinds of Accidental Things -- Bricks -- Glass -- Glassblowing -- Safety Glass -- Ivory Soap -- Paper Towels -- Post-it Notes -- Vulcanization of Rubber -- Scotchgard -- Where in the World -- Bangor, Maine -- Jellico, Tennessee -- Leaning Tower of Pisa -- Nome, Alaska -- South Dakota: Jog in the Boundary -- What They Wear -- Cinderella's Glass Slipper -- VELCRO -- Leotards -- Levi's Jeans -- Trouser Cuffs -- The National Inventors Hall of Fame. |
650 | 0. | ‡aInventions ‡vJuvenile literature. | |
650 | 1. | ‡aInventions. | |
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