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The Invention Hunters #1
The Invention Hunters Discover How Machines Work
Learn about machines the fun way! The Magic School Bus meets The Way Things Work in this kid-friendly guide to understanding the basics of simple machines, perfect for budding engineers.
The Invention Hunters travel the globe in their flying museum collecting the world's greatest inventions! Today they've landed in a construction zone. These silly scientists think they've stumbled on incredible specimens of everything you'd never find at a building site, from roller skates and pogo sticks to swords and race cars. But what they really discover--with a kid as their guide--is how simple machines like pulleys, cranks, and levers are used to engineer tools ranging from jackhammers to dump trucks...and even toilets!
Using simple explanations and diagrams and a heaping helping of humor, the Invention Hunters make the perfect companions for curious kids who are ready to learn about science, physics, engineering, history, and more.
The Invention Hunters travel the globe in their flying museum collecting the world's greatest inventions! Today they've landed in a construction zone. These silly scientists think they've stumbled on incredible specimens of everything you'd never find at a building site, from roller skates and pogo sticks to swords and race cars. But what they really discover--with a kid as their guide--is how simple machines like pulleys, cranks, and levers are used to engineer tools ranging from jackhammers to dump trucks...and even toilets!
Using simple explanations and diagrams and a heaping helping of humor, the Invention Hunters make the perfect companions for curious kids who are ready to learn about science, physics, engineering, history, and more.
48 pages, Hardcover
Published July 9, 2019
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July 2, 2019
4 stars for this informative and fun children’s book!
My children loved learning about the various machines and tools. The information is presented in a fun and interactive way which kept my children intrigued and interested.
The illustrations are excellent and flow perfectly with the storyline. Colourful and attractive.
I love children’s books that teach my kids new things. This was a fun and educational story that we enjoyed reading together.
Thank you to Hachette Book Group for sending me a physical copy to read and review with my children!
Expected date of publication: July 9, 2019
My children loved learning about the various machines and tools. The information is presented in a fun and interactive way which kept my children intrigued and interested.
The illustrations are excellent and flow perfectly with the storyline. Colourful and attractive.
I love children’s books that teach my kids new things. This was a fun and educational story that we enjoyed reading together.
Thank you to Hachette Book Group for sending me a physical copy to read and review with my children!
Expected date of publication: July 9, 2019
June 18, 2019
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The Invention Hunters travel the world in their flying museum in search of the best inventions. In this book they land in a construction site. The scientists are very silly. They mistake objects for other objects that would never be in a construction site. Like roller skates and litter boxes. There is a boy in the story who guides them through the construction site explaining what things are. There are simple descriptions and diagrams of what these "inventions" are and how things work. Such as levers, pulleys, a jackhammer, cranks, a dump truck and a toilet.
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This book is a fun, silly but informative. We have read it several time. There is humor and useful information. My son was very captivated by this one. Great for little scientists or kids interested in how things work.
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Thank You to the Publisher for #gifting us this book! Look for it on July 9th!
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The Invention Hunters travel the world in their flying museum in search of the best inventions. In this book they land in a construction site. The scientists are very silly. They mistake objects for other objects that would never be in a construction site. Like roller skates and litter boxes. There is a boy in the story who guides them through the construction site explaining what things are. There are simple descriptions and diagrams of what these "inventions" are and how things work. Such as levers, pulleys, a jackhammer, cranks, a dump truck and a toilet.
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This book is a fun, silly but informative. We have read it several time. There is humor and useful information. My son was very captivated by this one. Great for little scientists or kids interested in how things work.
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Thank You to the Publisher for #gifting us this book! Look for it on July 9th!
February 5, 2021
Such a fun little book on how things work, a new spin of kids explaining common objects to some silly adult scientists that have never seen the items before. Then the physics behind the object is reviewed in clear pictures/word. For example, the "invention hunters" discover a wheelbarrow and think it is silly things like a roller skate or a skull with tusks, then the kid explains parts of the wheelbarrow, force, lever, load, effort and fulcrum. I kinda love this series (this is the first of several books). Reminds me of the That's How! book by Christopher Niemann for younger kids. Silly and fun for little minds as they get curious about mechanics/physics.
July 31, 2020
The Invention Hunters crash a construction site and a kid tries hard to help them clear up their misconceptions about what various contraptions were made to do. Along the way, they learn about many simple machines.
I think the Invention Hunters may need to be locked up for the safety of the planet. They are wacky! It does make learning about simple machines pretty entertaining though. Hand this to kids who think science is boring or studying simple machines is.
I think the Invention Hunters may need to be locked up for the safety of the planet. They are wacky! It does make learning about simple machines pretty entertaining though. Hand this to kids who think science is boring or studying simple machines is.
September 11, 2019
What a brilliant way to present the science of things like pulleys and hydraulics to kids! The curious and bizarre Invention Hunters show up and try to guess what each modern object is used for in hilarious ways. Of course, their ideas about what a toilet is gets the most laughs! After each of their terrible guesses, the real use and science is explained and diagrammed well. We loved it!
August 8, 2022
The Invention Hunters are silly scientists who try to make heads or tails construction equipment. Or a toilet. So a boy from the neighborhood explains basic concepts like levers and pulleys.
The art is fun. For me the goofy story bits don't balance well with wordy actual science bits. (If they don't know what a toilet is, I don't even want to know what they do on that rocket ship.)
The art is fun. For me the goofy story bits don't balance well with wordy actual science bits. (If they don't know what a toilet is, I don't even want to know what they do on that rocket ship.)
March 1, 2019
Cute and silly but with a solid base of information about simple machines like levers, pulleys and hydraulics. Fun for STEM and science classes.
A second book on how electricity works is also scheduled. Read in galley.
A second book on how electricity works is also scheduled. Read in galley.
August 3, 2020
The invention hunters strike again! This time they will learn all about simple machines as they explore a construction site. Very humorous as they guess what a tool could be used for--- good thing they have a knowledgable kid around!
January 15, 2021
A work of “informational fiction” with a silly story and colorful illustrations that explain the science of how machines operate, including fun factoids about how energy and physics make common things work.
May 22, 2023
I like the concept of making the info in this book more accessible to young readers, but because the story was so ridiculously silly and the nonfiction info was so serious, it felt a little whiplash-y to me, like it was for two different readers.
July 18, 2019
3.5 - I loved the little boxes about specific inventions
August 7, 2019
Fun cartoony nonfiction, smart kid explains familiar machines to clueless adults. Recommended for ages 6-8.
August 22, 2019
An excellent blend of silly story and scientific information
September 4, 2019
Very interesting book. It combines humor and information (maybe a bit too much for the picture book age group). Illustrations are also very good.
November 21, 2019
a fun romp for kids
who like to know how
things work!
who like to know how
things work!
July 27, 2022
For a group that has a flying house it seems rather odd that can't figure out what a wheelbarrow, jackhammer, and crane are or more importantly a toilet.
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