Pop-Up House of Inventions: Hundreds of Fabulous Facts about Your Home

by Robert Crowther

"Junior trivia masters will pore over this pop-up book." - Child Magazine Would you believe that a scientist caught a cold and died while conducting experiments in early refrigeration? Did you know that soap was once made from goat fat? Can you guess how pumpernickel bread got its name? Did you know there is polytetrafl uoroethylene somewhere in your kitchen? It's all true! It's all amazing! And it's all in the updated, reissued Robert Crowther's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763642533
• ISBN13: 9780763642532
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 12 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.6" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4