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Greatest Mistakes That Went Right

by Maddy Mara

Unexpected beginnings behind familiar inventions

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Unexpected beginnings behind familiar inventions

Play-Doh, penicillin, the Slinky and the Granny Smith apple anchor this look at inventions that began as mistakes. The book gathers these examples into a child-friendly account of how an unsuccessful attempt can lead somewhere unexpected, linking invention with experimentation and the possibility of trying again. Its focus on well-known objects and discoveries gives young readers concrete starting points for thinking about how new ideas emerge.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 interested in inventions and technology
  • Young readers who enjoy learning how familiar objects and discoveries began
  • Families introducing the idea that trying something new can involve mistakes

Themes

Inventions and discoveryMistakes and experimentationPersistence and trying new things

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Book overview

Are you in a hurry to wonder and worry

That new things you try won't go right?


When they simply don't work, don't go all berserk


Mistakes can grow wings and take flight.


Where would we be without big blunders? From Play Doh to penicillin, the Slinky to the Granny Smith apple, some of the best inventions started out as gigantic slip-ups.

From exciting new team Maddy Mara and Cheryl Orsini comes a blooper reel with amazing consequences and a reminder to all kids scared of trying something new: even the greatest mistakes can go right.



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