Accidents May Happen

Ebook
0"W x 0"H x 0"D  
On sale Aug 31, 2011 | 96 Pages | 978-0-307-55412-3
| Grades 2-4
Reading Level: Fountas & Pinnell T
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 WorkedAccidents 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

About

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."

Author

Charlotte Foltz Jones is the author of Mistakes That WorkedAccidents 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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