"Junior trivia masters will pore over this pop-up book." — Child Magazine
Would you believe that a scientist caught a cold and died while conducting experiments in early refrigeration? Did you know that soap was once made from goat fat? Can you guess how pumpernickel bread got its name? Did you know there is polytetrafl uoroethylene somewhere in your kitchen? It’s all true! It’s all amazing! And it’s all in the updated, reissued Robert Crowther’s Amazing Pop-up House of Inventions. Just step inside, open the cupboards, peek in the closets and drawers, and learn about hundreds of inventions you can fi nd right in your own home — including DVDs, MP3s, wireless headsets, and PDAs.
A tour of a garage and of the different rooms in a house reveals facts about the invention of numerous items found there.
True, paper engineering continues to amaze but I venture to say that POP-UP HOUSE OF INVENTIONS published some ten years ago is still the hallmark by which others are judged and found wanting.
Crowther uses double pages to take us through rooms in a house from kitchen to living room to bathroom to bedroom to garage. Not only is each room presented fully furnished but it's filled with numerous fold-outs and pull tabs revealing what's in a cupboard, closet, under a rug or in the refrigerator. Plus this colorful visit to a home is filled with literally hundreds of facts which are found not only on pages but also under the tabs.
Beneath a calendar we find "Our modern calendar was produced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582." A logical spot for such information - however, many of the tabs reveal surprises. For instance under a rug we find "Chewing gum, made from the dried sap of the sapodilla tree, originated in Mexico."
The final two pages are devoted to "Some Inventions That Changed the Way We Live, " which traces discoveries from Neolithic times to the present day. Inventions are divided into four categories - Food Preserving and Cooking, Heating and Lighting, Plumbing, Toilets, and Baths, and Communication.
POP-UP HOUSE OF INVENTIONS is unique and fascinating, a book that both adults and youngsters will find themselves returning to again and again.
- Gail Cooke
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Posted August 16, 2010
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"Junior trivia masters will pore over this pop-up book." — Child Magazine
Would you believe that a scientist caught a cold and died while conducting experiments in early refrigeration? Did you know that soap was once made from goat fat? Can you guess how pumpernickel bread got its name? Did you know there is polytetrafl uoroethylene somewhere in your kitchen? It’s all true! It’s all amazing! And it’s all in the updated, reissued Robert Crowther’s Amazing Pop-up House of ...