So You Want to Be an Inventor Author:Judith St. George Judith St. George and David Small, the Caldecott Medalwinning team who created So You Want to Be President?, are back with another spirited and witty look at history, this time the history of inventions. So You Want to Be an Inventor? features some of the worlds best-known inventorsThomas Edison, Eli Whitney, Alexander Graham B... more »ellas well as some of the lesser-known geniuses. St. George and Small are quick to point out that inventors have been kids and adults, presidents and farmers, men and women. Some of their inventions you may know, such as the radio or the telephone. Others were so bizarre that they never made it for example, the vacuum haircutting helmet or eyeglasses for chickens! This book is the perfect introduction to the sometimes zany, always interesting world of inventors and inventing.« less