• His home waffle iron gave Bill Bowerman the idea for his hi-tech sales … and Nike running shoes stepped into history

• When the tent canvas he’d made for gold prospectors didn’t sell, Levi Strauss dyed it blue and sold it to the doggers as pants. Today his jeans are worn my millions of people the world over!

• Fed up with broken dishes, Josephine Cockrane gathered her china and headed to a woodshed near her home. Using heavy wire, a huge copper drum, and assorted spare parts, she cobbled together a machine that washed grease and food bits off the dishes. Voila! The first dishwasher.

A fascinating compilation of meticulously researched stories behind more than 100 games, activities and inventions, for children of all ages

• Selected, Canadian Toy Testing Council, 25 Great Books, 2001

• Selected, CBC Radio Recommended Reading List

• Shortlisted, Red Cedar Book Award (non-fiction), 1999

• Shortlisted, Silver Birch Award (non-fiction), 1998

• Selected, Our Choice Canadian Children’s Book Centre, 1998

• Selected, Emergency Librarian: top outstanding books for 1997Nominated, 2015-16 Hackmatack Children's Choice Award

• Recommended, Best Books 2014, Canadian Children's Book Centre

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