This book covers fascinating origin stories of 60 every-day items that were invented by accident; that is, the inventor did not expect to make the product when the product was discovered.

Mazie McGear loves to engineer! Whenever she encounters a problem, she turns on her imagination and...

Many of the inventions we use today were actually dreamed up by Leonardo da Vinci 500 years ago...

Joe and Bob Switzer were very different brothers. Bob was a studious planner who wanted to grow up...

As a young boy, Lonnie was always building things, from bamboo shooters to rockets—he even built a...

What can you do with a bunch of rowdy college boys in the winter when it’s cold outside? John...

While on a fishing trip, Papa gets the idea to invent an underwater vessel. As he works on his...