This Book Thinks You're An Inventor Book Review

This Book Thinks You're An Inventor: Imagine, Experiment, Create
By Science Museum, London
Text by Georgia Amson-Bradshaw
Design by Belinda Webster
Illustrated by Harriet Russell
Expected publication: February 11, 2020

The premise:
Readers are introduced to the process of invention (tweaking the use of objects, solving problems, improving current designs, etc.) and then invited to become inventors themselves. Projects and prompts in different categories such as transportation and saving-the-world guide children through the process of creating bridges, windmills, robot instructions, skyscrapers, and more. My description sounds a bit sterile, but this book is anything but! It is filled with illustrations, speech bubbles, spaces for readers to draw, silly inventions, and even pages to cut out.

Review:

SO. MUCH. FUN!!!!!!!!!

Today is another icy-rain stuck-inside day. Yesterday we baked and cooked and read for hours. Today we needed a creative outlet, and This Book Thinks You're An Inventor occupied our entire morning. We built a catapult. We built bridges. We played a spin-the-wheel-and-invent game. We rescued a prince from a fire-breathing dragon. Multiple times. With multiple inventions. Each section of the book had something for T or something I could adapt for him (it's intended for elementary and middle school children). We were busy for hours, and there is still much more to do. For T, who loves to create things out of old junk, this book could not be more inspiring!

I recommend This Book Thinks You're an Inventor for the creative kiddo in your life.

The dragon is coming!

Crash!

A sturdier bridge – the prince is safe!

Note: Thames and Hudson provided a review copy in exchange for an honest review.