2001, ISBN: 9780689874420

Scholastic Inc. Near Fine. 1998. First Edition. Softcover. 0439104920 . Excellent condition - clean and unmarked, slight wear at corners. B/w illustrations. 132 pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9… Plus…

Scholastic Inc. Near Fine. 1998. First Edition. Softcover. 0439104920 . Excellent condition - clean and unmarked, slight wear at corners. B/w illustrations. 132 pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 132 pages; This entertaining history of household objects provides the inventors, the ideas or needs behind the innovations, and the dates they were invented. Separate chapters address bathrooms (toilets, sinks, bathtubs) , cooking (stoves, toasters, refrigerators) , cleaning up (laundry machines, irons, vacuum cleaners) , telephones, pens and pencils, typewriters, and more. Rubin (Emily in Love, 1997, etc. ) explains how the idea for the book came about; when she was remodeling her kitchen and chose her new stove, its red knobs so ``dazzled'' her that she began thinking about good design. Others have thought about good design, too; in 1938, Rubin points out, household objects began to be recognized by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City as ``applied arts.' ' The large black-and-white pictures, especially of the early prototypes, offer clear reference points for the progression of machinery through the ages. Computers, cellular phones, Caller IDreaders will never take them for granted again after reading about their remarkable predecessors. (Nonfiction. Ages 8-12). [240-osl] ., Scholastic Inc, 1998, 4, NY. Very Good with no dust jacket. Softcover., 3, Very Good with no dust jacket. Softcover., 3, New York: Dell - Laurel Leaf Library, 1973. 159 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. When she decided to run away, she planned very carefully. She would be gone just long enough to teach her parents to appreciate her. And she would live in comfort - at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.... Later Printing. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by E. L. Konigsburg;. Book., Dell - Laurel Leaf Library, 1973, 3, Simon & Schuster. As New. 2001. Paperback. 0689874421 . 4 oz.; PB unread/unmarked like new. A squirrel named Micawber loves the paintings he sees through the windows of the nearby art museum. One day he notices an artist copying the old masters, and he decides to do the same -- with surprising results. In their second collaboration, best-selling author-illustrator team John Lithgow and C. F. Payne introduce children to the world of art through the eyes -- and paint-splattered tail -- of a highly creative squirrel. ., Simon & Schuster, 2001, 5<

2001, ISBN: 9780689874420

Simon & Schuster. As New. 2001. Paperback. 0689874421 . 4 oz.; PB unread/unmarked like new. A squirrel named Micawber loves the paintings he sees through the windows of the nearby ar… Plus…

Simon & Schuster. As New. 2001. Paperback. 0689874421 . 4 oz.; PB unread/unmarked like new. A squirrel named Micawber loves the paintings he sees through the windows of the nearby art museum. One day he notices an artist copying the old masters, and he decides to do the same -- with surprising results. In their second collaboration, best-selling author-illustrator team John Lithgow and C. F. Payne introduce children to the world of art through the eyes -- and paint-splattered tail -- of a highly creative squirrel. ., Simon & Schuster, 2001, 5<