Find out all about how everyday things were invented, in this fascinating mix of fantasy and science! Eccentric inventor Professor Dorothy Dabble sets off to London with Digby her pet robot, to enter a competition for the best invention. On the way, they discover that the parachute was invented by Blanchard and his parachuting dog; that frisbees were created when workers at the Frisbie Baking Company threw their empty pie tins around; and lots of other amazing stories about the invention of everyday objects!
- ISBN10 0711222770
- ISBN13 9780711222779
- Publish Date 1 June 2004 (first published 1 May 2004)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 11 September 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Frances Lincoln
- Format Hardcover
- Language English