The Boo-Boos That Changed the World: A True Story about an Accidental Invention (Really!)

by Barry Wittenstein

Book Overview

Did you know Band-Aids were invented by accident? And that they weren't mass-produced until the Boy Scouts gave their seal of approval?

1920s cotton buyer Earle Dickson worked for Johnson & Johnson and had a klutzy wife who often cut herself. The son of a doctor, Earle set out to create an easier way for her to bandage her injuries. Band-Aids were born, but Earle's bosses at the pharmaceutical giant weren't convinced, and it wasn't...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580897452
• ISBN13: 9781580897457
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.7" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3