When Everything Went Wrong: 10 Real Stories of Inventors Who Didn't Give Up!

Did you know? Some of the world's greatest inventions started off as failures! Inventions like Coca-Cola, shoes, and vacuum cleaners were actually mistakes. Told in a mixture of comic panels and prose, this gorgeous book shares the stories of 10 of these fabulous inventions.

Thomas Edison famously said, “I have not failed once at making a light bulb, I have simply found ninety-nine ways of not making ones.” In When Everything Went Wrong, readers will read about 10 inventors who persevered. Making mistakes doesn't mean you failed . . . it's all part of the process!

Inventors included in this book are: • Thomas Edison • Jan Matzeliger • Guglielmo Marconi • Wilson Greatbach • James Dyson • Margarete Steiff • Stephanie Louis Kwolek • Charles Goodyear • Percy Spencer • John Stith Pemberton

Kids will love all the fun facts and true stories in this book, told in both prose and comic form!

© 2023 Andrews McMeel Publishing (Ebook): 9781524888466

Release date

Ebook: 2 May 2023