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    Accidents May Happen

    Author Charlotte Foltz Jones
    Ebook
    RH Childrens Books | Delacorte Press
    On sale Aug 31, 2011 | 96 Pages | 9780307554123
    Grades 2-4
    Reading Level: Fountas & Pinnell T
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    From Wheaties to telephones, microwave ovens to yo-yos, here are the inspiring and often funny stories of 50 mistakes and misunderstandings that helped bring about life as we know it. With hilarious cartoons and wacky facts, this fascinating compendium illustrates the adage "If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them."
    Charlotte Foltz Jones is the author of Mistakes That Worked, Accidents May Happen, Eat Your Words, and Fingerprints and Talking Bones. View titles by Charlotte Foltz Jones
    • WINNER | 1997
      ALA Quick Pick for Young Adult Reluctant Readers

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    From Wheaties to telephones, microwave ovens to yo-yos, here are the inspiring and often funny stories of 50 mistakes and misunderstandings that helped bring about life as we know it. With hilarious cartoons and wacky facts, this fascinating compendium illustrates the adage "If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them."

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    Charlotte Foltz Jones is the author of Mistakes That Worked, Accidents May Happen, Eat Your Words, and Fingerprints and Talking Bones. View titles by Charlotte Foltz Jones

    Awards

    • WINNER | 1997
      ALA Quick Pick for Young Adult Reluctant Readers

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