Product Description

Piggy banks, silly putty, potato chips and frisbees are all things that were invented by mistake.

Includes a bibliography. An IRA-CBC Children's Choice.

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Product Details

Publisher	Doubleday Books for Young Readers
ISBN	0385320434
Features	ISBN13: 9780385320436 Condition: New Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
Creator	John Obrien
Author	Charlotte Jones
Format	Paperback
Label	Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Dewey Decimal Number	609
Studio	Doubleday Books for Young Readers
EAN	9780385320436
Number Of Pages	96
Title	Mistakes that Worked
Reading Level	Ages 9-12
Release Date	1994-05-01
Publication Date	1994-05-01
Manufacturer	Doubleday Books for Young Readers

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Customer Reviews

A wonderful book for the curious

Review by Kalan, 2010-05-25

My 9 year old son read this book & enjoyed it, he got a lot of information about the discovery of penicillin, the leaning tower of Pisa & so much more, he kept talking to us about the things he learned. It's an easy & fast read, fun for adults too.

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Good book for young people

Review by Mitchell Ito, 2010-01-22

I purchased this for my elementary school aged children and they loved it. Fun stories about discovery and invention. I always pushed my kids to be 100% perfect all of the time, but now they come back and let me know that mistakes are important too (just not on tests!).

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Great book for learning to take risks in science

Review by Sharon Solberg, 2009-11-10

I have used this book with third graders as they learn to hypothesize. Not wanting to make mistakes, they will change their hypothesis or make it "fuzzy" enough that it is safely generalized. This book shows great examples of people who made mistakes in their "hypothesis" and profited (chocolate chip cookies!).

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Great Trivia Book!!

Review by Mary Werner, 2009-08-04

I have enjoyed this book for years, and decided to buy several copies as Teacher gifts. They loved them!!

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Stocking Stuffer

Review by C. Goode, 2007-12-26

I gave it as a gift for Christmas, but looked through it briefly. It looked pretty interesting.

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