Encouraging Invention (page 5) Since 1978, Parents' Choice has
championed the search for products that sharpen young minds, not
blunt them. From bookshelves to kitchen tables or playroom
floors, the following suggestions will help awaken imaginations,
cheer on creativity and instigate exploration. So You Want to Be
an Ages: All Ages Author: Judith St. George Illustrator: David
Small Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc., $16.99 This is just the
book for kids who like "to tinker with machines that clink and
clank, levers that pull, bells that ring, cogs that grind,
switches that turn on and off, wires that vibrate, dials that
spin." etc "If you want to be an inventor, find a need and fill
it," says author St. George. The author lists necessary
attributes of an inventor: be a dreamer; keep your eyes open;
"be stubborn as a bulldog", don't mind being laughed at. More
than three dozen inventors have been well chosen as examples of
the various attributes useful to a would-be inventor.
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