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Mistakes that worked

Charlotte Foltz Jones

199178 pagesabout 1–2 hours
1991
first published
  • 1991Doubleday · 78 pages · ENGISBN 9780385262460
  • 2014Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 96 pages · ENGISBN 9781484414613
  • 1994Perfection LearningISBN 9780756903237
PlayfulWhimsicalShort read

Presents the stories behind forty things that were invented or named by accident, including aspirin, X-rays, frisbees, silly putty, and velcro.

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Written forMiddle grade

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