About this Book

COOL INVENTION!

LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE RIDDEN ON FERRIS WHEELS, BUT DO YOU KNOW WHO INVENTED THE FIRST ONE? LEARN ABOUT GEORGE FERRIS' LIFE AND THE FIRST FERRIS WHEEL EVER BUILT. MAKE YOUR OWN MINIATURE FERRIS WHEEL, TOO!

"IMAGINE SEEING FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS GIGANTIC WHEEL THAT YOU COULD RIDE, ALMOST TOUCHING THE CLOUDS AND SEEING THE GROUND AS SOARING BIRDS WOULD. KIDS WILL LOVE TO READ ABOUT GEORGE FERRIS' BIG WHEEL."

Duncan R. Jamieson, PhD, Series Consultant
Professor of History, Ashland University
Ashland, Ohio

"EASY-TO-READ AND INFORMATIVE, THIS SERIES MIGHT INSPIRE SOME FUTURE INVENTORS."

Allan A. De Fina, PhD, Series Literacy Consultant
Dean, College of Education
Professor of Literacy Education
New Jersey City University
Past President of the New Jersey Reading Association

About the Author

Author Sara L. Latta lives and writes about science and medicine from her home in Illinois. She has a BA in Microbiology, an MS in Immunology, and an MFA in Creative Writing.