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42nd out of 112 books
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Pop!: The Invention of Bubble Gum
by
Meghan Mccarthy (Goodreads Author)
Gum. It’s been around for centuries—from the ancient Greeks to the American Indians, everyone’s chewed it. But the best kind of gum—bubble gum!—wasn’t invented until 1928, when an enterprising young accountant at Fleer Gum and Candy used his spare time to experiment with different recipes. Bubble-blowing kids everywhere will be delighted with Megan McCarthy’s entertaining...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
May 4th 2010
by Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
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1. Audience: This book is colorful and has fun simple pictures throughout it. I believe this non-fiction book would be best for grades kindergarten through second.
2. Appeal: What child doesn’t love bubblegum? I think learning about how it came to exist sounds pretty cool! I feel like since bubblegum is so popular that almost any kid would be interested in learning about how it is made.
3. Activity: If I was doing this with older kids such as third grade, I would have them read the book and fill...more
2. Appeal: What child doesn’t love bubblegum? I think learning about how it came to exist sounds pretty cool! I feel like since bubblegum is so popular that almost any kid would be interested in learning about how it is made.
3. Activity: If I was doing this with older kids such as third grade, I would have them read the book and fill...more
Audience: This is a multi-grade level elementary appropriate choice for a quick nonfiction read. Younger children will enjoy learning about someone, somewhere, a long time ago creating bubble gum. A classroom teacher can explain to the children that without a lot of failure, bubble gum might not exist today. Older students can take the lesson on perseverance, the underdog, trial-and-error and apply it to real life. Upper elementary classes might even learn something new about their favorite sma...more
Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum by Meghan McCarthy is a nonfiction book that tells the incredible story of how bubble gum was made. The setting of book starts out in a factor in Philadelphia in the 1920’s. Walter Diemer’s office is located right next to the experimental lab within the factory. The factory was trying to make a new type of gum. However, there were some other types out there. The book discussed the Ancient Greeks and how they would chew tree sap. Walter decided he was going to try...more
Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum is a great children's book that discusses the true story of a top secret experiment to create a new kind of chewing gum, which had already been around for centuries. An accountant in the building named Walter Diemer, was intrigued by the experiments and one day finally created bubble gum.
I think the audience is aimed towards kids between Kindergarten-3rd grade since it is a picture book and has a rather easy-to-read text. It also has great pictures for kids to f...more
I think the audience is aimed towards kids between Kindergarten-3rd grade since it is a picture book and has a rather easy-to-read text. It also has great pictures for kids to f...more
McCarthy, M. (2010). Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum. New York: Paula Wiseman.
Appetizer: How exactly was bubble gum invented? Pop! tells the story of Walter Diemer, who devoted himself to developing bubble gum in the candy factory where he worked as an accountant. It took many attempts for Walter to finally get the formula right, to finally give the world bubble gum.
I was entertained by this book on several counts: 1. It was a book about bubble gum. 2. The book does briefly allude to the histor...more
Appetizer: How exactly was bubble gum invented? Pop! tells the story of Walter Diemer, who devoted himself to developing bubble gum in the candy factory where he worked as an accountant. It took many attempts for Walter to finally get the formula right, to finally give the world bubble gum.
I was entertained by this book on several counts: 1. It was a book about bubble gum. 2. The book does briefly allude to the histor...more
Audience: This book is great for kids who love gum, kids who love to ask questions about where things came from or how we got things as well as for kids who like to experiment just to see what happens. It is great for chemistry teachers looking for a short biography that includes a lot about the process of mixing things to get the product you want or for teachers looking for a short, well written biography about a fun and famous inventor.
Appeal: The words are larger and in bold print and there a...more
Appeal: The words are larger and in bold print and there a...more
Nov 18, 2011
Dolly
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
parents reading with their children
Shelves:
2011,
childrens,
nonfiction,
other-usa,
science,
cooking-recipes,
greece-greek,
native-american,
picture-book-club
This is a fun picture book that outlines the creation of bubble gum. People had been chewing on various materials for thousands of years, but it wasn't until Walter Diemer concocted a recipe for dubble bubble that bubble gum was born in 1928. It's a product that most children (and even adults) enjoy, so this is a nonfiction book that many children would be interested in reading.
The narrative is written in an understandable and not overly detailed way, providing just enough information without b...more
The narrative is written in an understandable and not overly detailed way, providing just enough information without b...more
Pop!: The Invention of Bubble Gum by Meghan Mccarthy tells of the invention of bubble gum by accountant Walter Diemer in Philadelphia in the late 1920's.
The text in the main part of the book is in a large font that is in a contrasting color to the background. The text should be appealing to young readers. At the end of the book is information on the inventor, fascinating facts about gum, and a bibliography of material that was quoted.
The cartoon-like illustrations should appeal to many children,...more
The text in the main part of the book is in a large font that is in a contrasting color to the background. The text should be appealing to young readers. At the end of the book is information on the inventor, fascinating facts about gum, and a bibliography of material that was quoted.
The cartoon-like illustrations should appeal to many children,...more
First off, Maxine (age 5) LOVES this book. She's wanted to hear it every night, twice, for the last week and a half. We both know it by heart.
I think I reviewed Meghan McCarthy's Seabiscuit on goodreads -- McCarthy has a way of drawing faces that's so funny and endearing. And I love that she's made a name for herself in non-fiction picture books -- Max also loved her Astronaut Handbook (about what astronaut training is like) and Josie really liked her book about the War of the Worlds radio broa...more
I think I reviewed Meghan McCarthy's Seabiscuit on goodreads -- McCarthy has a way of drawing faces that's so funny and endearing. And I love that she's made a name for herself in non-fiction picture books -- Max also loved her Astronaut Handbook (about what astronaut training is like) and Josie really liked her book about the War of the Worlds radio broa...more
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Author/artist Meghan McCarthy used bold acrylic paints to illustrate her informative story of bubble gum. While kids love what is often a pink square of gum used to chew, blow and pop bubbles, very few mw know its history. Now, thanks to McCarthy they can learn how difficult it was to invent.
Our story begins in a factory owned by the Fleer family during the 1920s. This family made large quantities of gum and candy. One employee was Walter Diemer, an accountant who could easily balance a budget...more
Our story begins in a factory owned by the Fleer family during the 1920s. This family made large quantities of gum and candy. One employee was Walter Diemer, an accountant who could easily balance a budget...more
Pop: The Invention of Bubble Gum by Meghan McCarthy is the true story of the creation of Dubble Bubble gum made by Walter Diemer of the Fleer Corporation. In the 1920’s, the Fleer Corporation in Philadelphia made many types of candies. When expanding their test laboratories, a lab moved into the room next to Walter Diemer, the accountant for Fleer. Diemer started experimenting, resulting in an unexpected phenomenon! This book is filled with facts about the history of gum from its earliest stages...more
Pop!: The Invention of Bubble Gum is a great non-fiction book that is sure to delight any young reader. The story of an accountant turn bubble gum inventor. The illustrations are fun and the cover is charming with all those bubble gum chewers. I enjoy reading picture books that include more in depth history at the end of the story. I think I may have enjoyed reading this part more than the actual story itself. I am from WA state so seeing the picture of Post Alley in Pike's Place Market in Seatt...more
Cheryl's review says it wonderfully! The only thing I would add to this is that my niece definitely enjoyed Pop!, and she was very excited about and engrossed in the story. She was also quite taken with the illustrations, which are simple, but boy, do they do an excellent job of establishing time and setting! At the end of the story when Walter says that he was just satisfied that he made children happy, my niece exclaimed, "He did! I LOVE BUBBLE GUM!!" I thought that was kind of interesting, si...more
An entertaining and interesting nonfiction selection for younger readers, this story will capture students' interest. McCarthy's illustrations are charming and the text is easy to follow. Walter Diemer is an accountant for a gum and candy factory. He starts working on a new project: inventing gum that can be used to blow bubbles. Through trial and error, he stumbles onto a solution. McCarthy gives information about the history of gum and explains how the pink bubblegum we know today came to be....more
This book tells the tale of Walter Diemer and how he came about inventing bubble gum. I really thought this book had engaging pictures that anyone would enjoy. I had never heard the history of dubble bubble, and this book tells that history in a really fun way. I think that students would like this book in the classroom because bubble gum is something that young people seem to enjoy and it would be a history lesson without them even realizing it. I think anytime you can teach history in a fun wa...more
Notes: Pop!: The Invention of Bubble Gum, by Meghan Mccarthy is a book about the Invention of Bubble Gum, it is nonfiction.
Book Review: Very neat book about the invention of bubble fum. Back in the 1920s, a young accountant, Walter Diemer, went to work in a Philadelphia gum and candy factory. Shortly thereafter he found an experimental laboratory set up in the adjoining office, a lab where they were trying to produce a new kind of gum. When Walter was asked to keep an eye on one of the lab kettl...more
Book Review: Very neat book about the invention of bubble fum. Back in the 1920s, a young accountant, Walter Diemer, went to work in a Philadelphia gum and candy factory. Shortly thereafter he found an experimental laboratory set up in the adjoining office, a lab where they were trying to produce a new kind of gum. When Walter was asked to keep an eye on one of the lab kettl...more
Who knew the next big thing in children’s literature was gum! My thoughts were “well why hasn’t anyone thought of this book before”? “Pop!: The Invention of Bubble Gum” is such a cute story about Walter Deimer and his bubble gum invention. The author, Meghan McCarthy, puts a very exciting spin on the invention of bubblegum kids will love this book. Really this book could go toward any audience, who doesn’t like bubblegum? I have so many ideas about implementing this in my class room. One could...more
This book tells children about the invention of bubble gum. Some kids may not know that not ALL gum is bubble gum. Mccarthy gives examples of how the Greeks used to chew tree sap as "gum" and the Native Americans chewed it also. It walks us through the process of making the bubble gum in a storytelling way instead of a documentary way which engages children more. The illustrations are bright and playful to capture the attention of readers. This would be a good book for older children due to the...more
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So I made a comment recently on Twitter about my feelings about one page of Pop! reinforcing stereotypes of American Indians.
Rather than trying to explain my feelings 140 characters at a time, I will attempt an explanation here.
Please know as I begin this post... I really like the book Pop! I gave it 4 out of 5 stars.
However, here is part of why I did not give it 5 out of 5 stars:
I feel a responsibility as...more
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So I made a comment recently on Twitter about my feelings about one page of Pop! reinforcing stereotypes of American Indians.
Rather than trying to explain my feelings 140 characters at a time, I will attempt an explanation here.
Please know as I begin this post... I really like the book Pop! I gave it 4 out of 5 stars.
However, here is part of why I did not give it 5 out of 5 stars:
I feel a responsibility as...more
I think this would be a fascinating topic for children (I'm sure I would have loved to learn about the invention of bubble gum when I was young!).
-note this is not about the invention of gum, but *bubble* gum. Though we do get a quick history of how long gum has been around for-
I found the story interesting, especially the fact that the inventor wasn't even in R&D and that he kept going when everyone else had given up (there's a great message - though nice and subtly written). However, the w...more
-note this is not about the invention of gum, but *bubble* gum. Though we do get a quick history of how long gum has been around for-
I found the story interesting, especially the fact that the inventor wasn't even in R&D and that he kept going when everyone else had given up (there's a great message - though nice and subtly written). However, the w...more
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Jan 05, 2011
Lisa Vegan
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
kids who like history & kids who don’t like history; fans of bubble gum
This is a terrific idea for a children’s picture book history book; it’s definitely a fun subject for kids. The story of how bubble gum was created is interesting and shows a bit of the history, science, math, business, and a lot about serendipity around the creation of bubble gum and of gum in general. The invention of bubble gum is a good example of how experimentation is often part of new discoveries.
The illustrations feel very 1920s and since bubble gum was discovered in the late 20s that i...more
The illustrations feel very 1920s and since bubble gum was discovered in the late 20s that i...more
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What fun! After loving McCarthy's Astronaut Handbook I was delighted to discover her latest book featuring that most delightful of creations, bubble gum. This is the story of the man who invented bubble gum in the 1920s and how it saved a company and brightened children's lives. It also shows the history of chewing gum. The story itself was maybe four stars of me, but I really fell in love with the Author's Note, which is full of charming, humorous and fascinating tidbits about bubble gum and re...more
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Audience: K-3rd grade students.
Appeal: This nonfiction book is told in a fictional story format. It is easy to read, and has the added bonus of two pages at the end of the book that has a lot of facts about bubble gum, and the man that invented it (Walter Diemer). If students were reluctant to read non-fiction books, or needed an easy to read hook into a research project on unusual inventions this would be a good book to use.
Awards: 2013 Monarch Award Nominee - Illinois State book Award K-3rd
Appeal: This nonfiction book is told in a fictional story format. It is easy to read, and has the added bonus of two pages at the end of the book that has a lot of facts about bubble gum, and the man that invented it (Walter Diemer). If students were reluctant to read non-fiction books, or needed an easy to read hook into a research project on unusual inventions this would be a good book to use.
Awards: 2013 Monarch Award Nominee - Illinois State book Award K-3rd
My kids loved hearing how bubble gum was invented and learning that gum itself (or similar substances) have been around for centuries. I liked that it showed the determination that it took to invent bubble gum...it didn't happen by accident and it didn't happen overnight...it took quite awhile and yet Walter Diemer didn't give up. The endnotes about bubble gum and about Diemer were also very interesting. I'm glad they were included. The illustrations weren't my favorite, but my kids liked them.
I never knew the history behind bubble gum. Now I know same basic facts. Interesting. Told in a fun way. The illustrations--and the huge eyes--made me smile and sometimes want to laugh. Kids will enjoy this. A Beehive nominee for informational that can reach the younger kids, unlike some of the bigger informational ones.
I'm not a fan of any gum and have never been able to blow a bubble; as I read I was reminded of gum as it is chewed and my teeth and jaw started to hurt. :-)
I'm not a fan of any gum and have never been able to blow a bubble; as I read I was reminded of gum as it is chewed and my teeth and jaw started to hurt. :-)
The history of bubble gum is told in such a simple and enjoyable way that kids will enjoy getting a little history lesson! The colorful pictures tell us of the different things that people have chewed as gum throughout history, but mainly focuses on Walter Diemer and his invention of the classic Dubble Bubble. The book teaches more than just history as Walter spends months trying to invent the bubble gum. Walter's persistence teaches us to keep trying when faced with hard things.
McCarthy’s fun informational book on Walter Diemer and his determination to invent bubble gum is sure to hold the interest of young readers. They will be able to relate to having ideas that do not seem to work and will hopefully learn that determination is key to success. Typically, we tend to focus on a handful of inventors and so many creative people, like Diemer, go unnoticed; this book breaks that cycle. I will be looking forward to McCarthy’s future works.
I don't know if I just have an issue with nonfiction written for younger readers in general or if I just find this year's award-winning selections to be mostly subpar. I honestly thought this was just a story for most of it and remember feeling rather confused when I realized it was true. I'm also not much of a gum chewer and I don't really know how to blow bubbles, so perhaps that affected my judgment of the book as well.
Gum has been around for ages (as in Ancient Greece age), but BUBBLE gum was a relatively recent invention. The perseverance of Walter, an accountant-turned-gum-experimenter, brought us the fun chewy product we still love today. He was the one who first made it pink - that was the color on hand that day!
Brightly painted cartoony illustrations with heavy black line add to the fun feeling of this nonfiction picture book.
Brightly painted cartoony illustrations with heavy black line add to the fun feeling of this nonfiction picture book.
A nonfiction story about the invention of bubble gum. Hey, thanks Walter Diemer.
More of a story than I expected; you could use it for story time. Actually, I might use it as part of my second grade F/NF unit.
Also included (in a two page spread at the back of the book): short biography about Diemer, facts and more facts about gum, and a listing of sources for the quotes used in the book. Wahoo!
More of a story than I expected; you could use it for story time. Actually, I might use it as part of my second grade F/NF unit.
Also included (in a two page spread at the back of the book): short biography about Diemer, facts and more facts about gum, and a listing of sources for the quotes used in the book. Wahoo!
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Children's book author of many wonderful fiction and nonfiction books for young readers, including the below following. Meghan's books have won the IRA-CBC Children's Choice, ALA Notable, Kirkus Reviews Reviewer's Choice, Booklist Best Books, NYPL 100 Best Books, SLJ Best Books, and so on. Blah blah blah, what Meghan really wants to do is drive really fast and jump in really long grass until she g...more
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