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A cool idea with a big splash.You know the Super Soaker It s one of top twenty toys of all time And it was invented entirely by accident Trying to create a new cooling system for refrigerators and air conditioners, impressive inventor Lonnie Johnson instead created the mechanics for the iconic toy.A love for rockets, robots, inventions, and a mind for creativity began early in Lonnie Johnson s life Growing up in a house full of brothers and sisters, persistence and a passion for problem solving became the cornerstone for a career as an engineer and his work with NASA But it is his invention of the Super Soaker water gun that has made his most memorable splash with kids and adults. Free Read Whoosh! By Chris Barton For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr WOW Terrific book I m so happy to have learned about Lonnie Johnson s life and inventions this is the kind of story I immediately want to share Because facing challenges, solving problems, and building things are what Lonnie Johnson loves to do And his ideas just keep on flowing.Water fights with my dad were epic They all started innocently enough with squirt guns someone getting a tad bit wet when they least expected it Then the strategy started as the game escalated The squirt guns were abandoned There were only two outside faucets which needed to be accessed for the filling of pails or buckets After that round of water wildness, when we were all nearly drenched, my dad would wait fo...A book about the inventor of the Super Soaker Yes, please A great little read about Lonnie Johnson and his inventions I loved that Barton included the fact that when Johnson won his first science fair at the University of Alabama in 1968, just 5 years before this date, African Americans stud...Do you remember playing with super soakers as a child Did you know they were invented by an African American This is the story of Lonnie Johnson It s well written, factual and easy to read Put this book in the hands of young boys and girls who have a dream to build, create, and change the worldI have a love hate relationship with super soakers, but this book has nothing but love Love seeing a collaboration between Chris Barton and Don Tate again.Love using this book with Makerspace.Love the themes in this book.Thanks Chris Barton for another great bookThis is the best picture book to encourage kids to try the STEM STEAM stuff in their schools and libraries that I have ever seen Esp love the foldout and the patents on the endpapers All the awards All of themI admit it, the words Super Soaking made me pick up this book Then the story of the brilliant engineer Lonnie Johnson amused me And he learned how to make rocket fuel When it caught fire in the kitchen, Lonnie s mom didn t make him stop She just sent him to work outside and had me saying wow repeatedly at the diversity of his inventions e.g., the backup power system for the Galileo probe to Jupiter, al...3.5 out of 5 Whoosh Lonnie Johnson s Super Soaking Stream of Inventions is a beautifully illustrated picturebook biography about Lonnie Johnson, the African American rocket scientist who accidentally invented one of the mos...Who thinks about the guy who invented the Super Soaker water gun I hadn t, until I saw this book The text and the illustrations work together to entertain and inform with enough details to hold interest but doesn t overwhelm the reader.The end papers include diagrams of some of his other inventions.This is such a fun book I love how it highlights Johnson s inventiveness, determination, and grit

Whoosh!
  • English
  • 06 November 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 32 pages
  • 1580892973
  • Chris Barton
  • Whoosh!