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Famous STEM Inventors: True stories of famous young inventors with awesome sketching and building activities for kids aged 6-10 years
Famous STEM Inventors is an exciting collection of stories of young inventors and how they invented new things such as glowing paper, the surfboard, ear muffs, the television, the popsicle and more. It includes the engineering design process behind every invention to encourage children to understand the methods of inventing anything new. The book also contains prompts which inspire kids to design and create their own new gadget or useful thing.
- GenresNonfictionChildrens
33 pages, Paperback
Published September 28, 2017
About the author
Sumita Mukherjee
45 books9 followersSumita Mukherjee is a NASA STEM certified leader and children’s book author. She has been fortunate enough to travel around the globe, explore many countries and meet different people. Mysteries and adventures have been captured from there in the form of Keiko and Kenzo’s travel adventure series. These books are to inspire young readers to know and appreciate various countries, develop a love for discovery and learn about the world around them. Her series of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) books encourages kids to invent and explore, to empower themselves and see themselves as world leaders and problem solvers. Her books celebrate diversity, spark curiosity and capture children's imaginations! Sumita currently lives in Toronto with her family.
Her website, WizKids.Club was created with a vision to raise the next generation of creative leaders. WizKids.Club offers highly engaging kids activities, educational books, experiments, hands-on projects, DIYs, travel stories and engineering books perfect for children 4-12 years to spark creativity and scientific learning.
Her website, WizKids.Club was created with a vision to raise the next generation of creative leaders. WizKids.Club offers highly engaging kids activities, educational books, experiments, hands-on projects, DIYs, travel stories and engineering books perfect for children 4-12 years to spark creativity and scientific learning.
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December 13, 2017
Awesome Book For Kids To Develop Their Imaginative Minds!
“People from every corner of the world, of different ages, with different levels of education invent by finding out problems, using creative ideas, and developing new solutions.”
Children love to learn and explore, all it takes to become an inventor is to see a need and a creative mind and anyone can create something new.
This is a wonderful book to get those creative juices flowing in young minds. They will read about others their own age that have created marvelous things such as glowing paper, cow poop freshener, popsicles and windsurfing. Children will learn 5 steps to help them invent something new or improve what already exists – ask, imagine, plan, create and improve – steps that inventors and engineers use every day. However, the creative fun doesn’t stop there with graph pages to sketch their own ideas, idea suggestions to improve upon, and the encouragement to sit and dream to come up with their own ideas. Sumita has created an exciting book that children will use over and over again for inspiration and ideas, as they learn to explore, invent and inspire. I highly recommend this outstanding book for children to create and develop their creative and imaginative side.
“People from every corner of the world, of different ages, with different levels of education invent by finding out problems, using creative ideas, and developing new solutions.”
Children love to learn and explore, all it takes to become an inventor is to see a need and a creative mind and anyone can create something new.
This is a wonderful book to get those creative juices flowing in young minds. They will read about others their own age that have created marvelous things such as glowing paper, cow poop freshener, popsicles and windsurfing. Children will learn 5 steps to help them invent something new or improve what already exists – ask, imagine, plan, create and improve – steps that inventors and engineers use every day. However, the creative fun doesn’t stop there with graph pages to sketch their own ideas, idea suggestions to improve upon, and the encouragement to sit and dream to come up with their own ideas. Sumita has created an exciting book that children will use over and over again for inspiration and ideas, as they learn to explore, invent and inspire. I highly recommend this outstanding book for children to create and develop their creative and imaginative side.
October 8, 2018
I thoroughly enjoyed this creative book which combines the stories of young inventors with templates and prompts to encourage young readers to actively involve themselves with stem activities. First, the author discusses how people invent things and then presents a worksheet that outlines the steps in the process: ask, imagine, plan, create, and improve.
Mukherjee chooses young inventors who succeeded as inventors. Becky Schroeder invented paper that glows in the dark. Param Jaggi came up with a device that cleans the exhaust from automobiles. Izzah and Miki are two young ladies who invented an air freshener for cow manure. Other inventors gave us the popsicle, television, a surfboard with a sail, bubble gum, and ear muffs.
These templates and worksheets can be printed out and hung up. Readers are urged to use their brains and creativity to come up with their own ideas and inventions. They are encouraged to join the WizKids Club. While this book is aimed at readers ages six through ten, I consider it a valuable resource for children of any age. Even budding adult inventors can use the templates to spur their imaginations.
Mukherjee chooses young inventors who succeeded as inventors. Becky Schroeder invented paper that glows in the dark. Param Jaggi came up with a device that cleans the exhaust from automobiles. Izzah and Miki are two young ladies who invented an air freshener for cow manure. Other inventors gave us the popsicle, television, a surfboard with a sail, bubble gum, and ear muffs.
These templates and worksheets can be printed out and hung up. Readers are urged to use their brains and creativity to come up with their own ideas and inventions. They are encouraged to join the WizKids Club. While this book is aimed at readers ages six through ten, I consider it a valuable resource for children of any age. Even budding adult inventors can use the templates to spur their imaginations.
December 17, 2017
Famous STEM Inventors by Sumita Mukherjee is a great book for children, both those with an interest in science and those who need a little push in that direction. Complete with illustrations, definitions, and activities, this book will capture and keep just about any child’s attention. It’s the sort of the book that I would have loved to engage with as a child, without a doubt.
Famous STEM Inventors tells the stories of nine young inventors and their processes for imagining their unusual inventions and, eventually, making them a reality. Each story includes definitions for larger words which young children may not know as well as an activity related to the story which encourages readers to plan their own inventions. Illustrations of the inventors and their inventions are also included.
Children will love the fun facts and activities, and parents will love watching their children get their first real taste of the STEM world. One of the most unique features of this book is the diversity of the inventors. Not only are they different ages and from different times, but they are also a nice mixture of male and female and include a variety of races and ethnicities. I think it’s rather discouraging for children who are not Caucasian, male, or both when they only see Caucasian males represented in books like these, so I appreciate Mukherjee including a more diverse sample. In fact, I hope that she’ll come out with more books like these that cover STEM inventors of even more diverse backgrounds, considering she’s done so well here.
The only point I have that comes even close to being an issue with this book is the fact that multiple styles of drawing are used for the illustrations, not just one used throughout the entire book. However, this is only close to being an issue, not an actual issue. I feel that the different drawing styles match the inventors and inventions of the corresponding stories. The varying styles are not distracting—in fact, it was only upon reading the book for a second time I even noticed—and so the variation certainly doesn’t take anything away from the book.
Overall, I think that children and parents both will love this book, and I highly recommend parents to get it for their children. Whether they read it together or parents let their children have at it by themselves so that their imaginations can run wild, parents and children will be talking about this book for days—if not weeks—to come, and I’m sure that it will change a few lives along the way.
Famous STEM Inventors tells the stories of nine young inventors and their processes for imagining their unusual inventions and, eventually, making them a reality. Each story includes definitions for larger words which young children may not know as well as an activity related to the story which encourages readers to plan their own inventions. Illustrations of the inventors and their inventions are also included.
Children will love the fun facts and activities, and parents will love watching their children get their first real taste of the STEM world. One of the most unique features of this book is the diversity of the inventors. Not only are they different ages and from different times, but they are also a nice mixture of male and female and include a variety of races and ethnicities. I think it’s rather discouraging for children who are not Caucasian, male, or both when they only see Caucasian males represented in books like these, so I appreciate Mukherjee including a more diverse sample. In fact, I hope that she’ll come out with more books like these that cover STEM inventors of even more diverse backgrounds, considering she’s done so well here.
The only point I have that comes even close to being an issue with this book is the fact that multiple styles of drawing are used for the illustrations, not just one used throughout the entire book. However, this is only close to being an issue, not an actual issue. I feel that the different drawing styles match the inventors and inventions of the corresponding stories. The varying styles are not distracting—in fact, it was only upon reading the book for a second time I even noticed—and so the variation certainly doesn’t take anything away from the book.
Overall, I think that children and parents both will love this book, and I highly recommend parents to get it for their children. Whether they read it together or parents let their children have at it by themselves so that their imaginations can run wild, parents and children will be talking about this book for days—if not weeks—to come, and I’m sure that it will change a few lives along the way.
December 17, 2017
This novel is everything that a children’s educational book should be.
Kids will love the fact that it will challenge them while being fun at the same time. They learn in a fun way and can keep up with the writing style. It is difficult to find an educational novel that really appeals to a childs sense of curiosity without being bogged down with learning, but I think that Sumita Mukherjee has really nailed it with this book!
Kids will love the fact that it will challenge them while being fun at the same time. They learn in a fun way and can keep up with the writing style. It is difficult to find an educational novel that really appeals to a childs sense of curiosity without being bogged down with learning, but I think that Sumita Mukherjee has really nailed it with this book!
November 2, 2017
This is such a solid aid to help young children understand the importance of using their imagination. I loved the way that it used examples of past inventions and those who invented them. It is an interactive children's book in which children can contribute their own ideas.
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