The Story of Inventions

A good introductory book for children on inventions. It follows a historical timeline with bright and interesting illustrations. It isn't very long which should keep the attention of younger children and does bring in some of the downsides to technology (ex. war).

** I received a digital ARC from NetGalley and Frances Lincoln Children's Books in exchange for an honest review ** 

The Story of Inventions by Catherine Barr is a beautifully illustrated non-fiction about the people behind their inventions and how their discoveries changed the world forever. The story of Inventions features inventions such as the wheel, the compass, paper, clocks, gunpowder, steam engines, vaccinations, computers, electricity, the telephone, the car, planes, plastic, nuclear weapons and the internet.

Catherine Barr throws you into a time machine and you land on a stunning illustrated page all the way back in 3500 BCE, where we begin with the invention of the wheel in the Bronze Age, and how these began as tools to take Egyptian archers into battle on their chariots, to the rubber tyres we see on our cars today, and even on spacecraft on the moon.

The book contains quick sentences of information about the invention, and how they have shaped out planet today. The Story of Inventions is a great educational read, and hopefully will encourage children and motivate children to want a career in Science etc. and give us more inventors in the future!

The Story of Inventions takes the reader through a timeline beginning at 3500 BCE until today. It tells the origins of inventions we may take for granted in 2020 including the wheel, a compass and the clock. Just imagine where we would be without wheels?!

The illustrations are bright and eye catching and assist in telling the story, this allows each double page spread to have a minimum amount of text which is perfect for children. There’s a glossary in the back for discussing unfamiliar words. 

This is a great addition for any curious minds in your life. 

Thankyou to Netgalley and Quarto Publishing for a copy in exchange for an honest review. 

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This book is a levely introduction to inventions we know well and perhaps take for granted, like the wheel, electricity and computers.  In a simple, effective and easy to read fashion, we see the wheel on Roman chariots through to the wheels on cars.  This would be an excellent book for kids interested in science from a young age, as there is small amounts of text with fun and colourful illustrations. 

I loved that the book also talked about how fantastic plastic can be but how we now need to ensure we protect the environment and reduce the amount of plastic we use.  

War is mentioned but balanced with the sentence that world leaders and countries work together to ensure peace in the world.

I enjoyed browsing the pages and reading more about the inventions we rely upon so much and think it would make an excellent addition to classrooms and school libraries.

Science has chay the way we interact with each other and with nature.
As it is with everything their are both positive and negative effects of science.
Positive for human beings but bad for nature and ecology, which is indirectly bad for humans too.
This book Introduces in a simple graphic novel format all significant scientific inventions of past.
Pictures are good, not exceptional. Artist has tried to include all significant things in limited space.
That can be little hocus pocus at few pages.
A good book to Spark interst of young kids in science.
Their is also introduction to adverse effects of industrialization.
A concise primer for awareness towards science.
Thanks netgalley and publisher for review copy.

THE STORY OF INVENTIONS is a simple, accessible introduction to some of the breakthroughs that have shaped the world across centuries. The information is presented through minimal text splashed across bright, colourful spreads. 
What I liked about the book was the fact that it lays the pros and cons of each invention before the reader, addressing its impact on world history while also talking about its significance in the present. The illustrations are absolutely and add a lot of value to the reading experience. 
While the book does follow a timeline, I do wish, however, that there was a better flow in the way the text progressed – it could have helped to paint a clearer picture of how these amazing ideas and concepts came to build the world as we know it today. 
Final verdict: I recommend it for the vibrant art and the nicely balanced note on each invention.

When it is snowy and cold outside (and my car is buried under 2ft of ❄️ ), superspeed readers like me can read 250+ pages/hour, so yes, I have read the book … and many more today. LOL

I requested and received a temporary digital Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley, the publisher and the author in exchange for an honest review.  

From the publisher, as I do not repeat the contents or story of books in reviews, I let them do it as they do it better than I do 😸.

The world is brimming full of incredible inventions - but where did it all begin? How did these incredible inventions come about? Journey back in time, travel across the world and discover incredible inventions from throughout history. 

Take a ride on the very first wheel, find your way and ensure you'll never get lost again with the compass, let the lights come on with electricity, watch as the world puffs into life with the steam engine and many more astounding inventions. Written with bite-sized pieces of text and illustrated with bright and engaging artwork, this is the perfect introduction to some of the most amazing inventions that have helped make history.

Learn fascinating facts about the people behind these inventions and how their discoveries changed the world forever. So what are you waiting for? Let's uncover The Story of Inventions! 

Inventions featured: The wheel, the compass, paper, clocks, gunpowder, steam engines, vaccinations, computers, electricity, the telephone, the car, planes, plastic, nuclear weapons and the internet. 

This is an interesting book that explains many inventions and how they led to current things - i.e smallpox = medicine as we need it today and that weapons like handguns led to war. (well, maybe, I am pretty sure that people were fighting with clubs and sticks and swords before guns....) It is an interesting book but it is kind of disjointed in its associations between two items/inventions./etc and modern-day life.

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WIth cute drawings, and easy to understand text, this is an useful and informative book. 

As future science teacher, I see this book like a beautiful didactical instrument for childrens. If you are parent, you want to read this book with your childs. It's so cute and interesting. 

I will recomend this book.

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It started with a wheel, and there goes the compact story of the world we live in. Who made papers, who invent plane. What makes people create cars. What is a lodestone. And so many more. Very interesting read for kids who are curious about the stuffs we have today.

I liked this little picture book because it is a good introduction for children to the most famous and important inventions . 
It also has beautiful illustrations that accompany the text of the book.