Three Cheers For Inventors! by Williams Marcia
A tribute to 101 groundbreaking discoveries of 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 and Alexander Graham Bell, John Logie Baird, Thomas Edison, James Watt and all their predecessors. Three cheers for inventors!;Informative, accessible and fun.;A wonderful introduction to these important historical figures - excellent for classroom study.
Williams is one of our very best retellers of the classics" The Independent on Sunday
Marcia Williams's distinctive style developed through the illustrated letters she sent from boarding school to her parents overseas. She has now illustrated and retold her own popular versions of many literary classics in titles such as "Greek Myths" and "Mr. William Shakespeare's Plays". Marcia lives in Barnes, London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844280193 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844280195 |
| Title | Three Cheers For Inventors! |
| Author | Williams Marcia |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Walker Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2005-11-07 |
| Number of pages | 40 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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