Three Cheers for Inventors!

Three Cheers for Inventors!

by Marcia Williams (Illustrator), Marcia Williams (Author)

Synopsis

A tribute to 101 groundbreaking discoveries from some of the world's greatest - and not so great - inventors. Dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci, this latest wonderful offering from Marcia Williams is full of her characteristic humour. Packed with cartoon-strip illustrations and short biographies, it looks at the discoveries of many famous - and not so famous - inventors from around the world, including Leonardo da Vinci, Antonio Meucci, Alexander Graham Bell, John Logie Baird, Thomas Edison, James Watt and many of their predecessors. Three cheers for inventors!

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 40
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Walker Books
Published: 07 Aug 2006

ISBN 10: 140630171X
ISBN 13: 9781406301717
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years

Media Reviews
Williams is one of our very best retellers of the classics. * The Independent on Sunday *
Author Bio
Marcia Williams spent much of her early life in Hong Kong, Nigeria and the Middle East. She worked as a nursery teacher before beginning a successful career as an author and illustrator. With her distinctive cartoon-strip style, she has now illustrated and retold many literary classics for children including Greek Myths and Mr William Shakespeare's Plays. Marcia lives in Barnes, London.