How Nearly Everything Was Invented by the Brainwaves

by Jilly MacLeod, Roger Bridgman

This is a brilliant book bursting with big ideas. Meet the Brainwaves, hilarious little mischief makers with big ideas. Pint-sized pals who'll show you around and tell you all about key inventions, the breakthroughs that lead to them and spectacular spin offs which followed ...When was the wheel first used? Who were the bright sparks that thought of the light bulb? And what connects a teapot to a 400 kph train? Find out all about more than 300 key inventions that changed the world (and lead to almost everything else that's ever been invented). Fantastic fold-out pages reveal the who, what, when, where and why of each invention and explain the way it transformed the way we live.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Picture Books

64 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Cleo Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic fold out pages with lots of humours illustrations describing how key inventions changed the world.

[Sarah · Rating 1 out of 5]

I’m sure some children will love this. But as a book to read it’s a failure. Abandoned on page 10 of 61. It’s full of tiny little paragraphs of info among dense illustrations. It’s hard to work out the order or to follow what’s happening. A pity as some of the info is great.

[karl turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love it, it is educational and fun and it is really helping me towards my GCSE's in history

[Jessica-Robyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book gives you a lot to look at, with pages upon pages of cute little drawings and short paragraphs of just about nearly everything. It is the perfect sort of book for someone looking to spark interest in invention, science and history for younger kids who have reading skills but still want a lot to look at. I think that this could also be a great jumping off point for them to go off and expand what they know through the Internet and projects.

[D.M.]

I'm only kind of reading this: my 2-year-old likes to have it read to her during her afternoon snack sometimes! She likes the Brainwaves.