Author: Helaine Becker

Illustrator: Steve Attoe

Publisher: Owlkids Books

Product: Book (96 pages)

Ages: 8 to 12

If you had cereal this morning, you probably poured it from a box with a recloseable lid. You might not know that an eight-year-old dreamed up this invention. This is just one of the things you can read about in What’s the Big Idea? The author looks at 32 inventions from long, long ago as well as long ago and asks who invented it, and when, where, and, why.

Reviewer:
Cooper Collins,
age 10

The book’s topic was interesting because I am very into learning all about how things work and how they were invented. My favorite part of the book was the section on Alexander Graham Bell and his invention of the telephone. I learned little known facts about him. I also learned that the Internet was invented in 1962 by the military. I would have liked some activities and experiments to try, but I enjoyed this book very much and will likely read it again.