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Marvelous Mattie : how Margaret E. Knight became an inventor

2006

Format:	Book
Author:	McCully, Emily Arnold, author, illustrator.
Title:	Marvelous Mattie : how Margaret E. Knight became an inventor / Emily Arnold McCully.
Edition:	First edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2006.
Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Summary:	Mattie Knight loved to make things ranging from a foot warmer for her mother or toys for her older brothers. Or, when she was 12, a metal guard to prevent shuttles from shooting off looms and hurting workers. Later, Mattie invented a machine that could cut and glue the square-bottomed paper bags we still use today. Meet the woman known as "the Lady Edison."
Target Audience Note:	Elementary Grade. 720 Lexile.
Subjects:	Knight, Margaret E., 1838-1914 -- Juvenile literature. Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Genre:	Biographies.
Other Author:	Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, publisher.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Accelerated Reader 4.2. Reading Counts! 4.2. Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.2 0.5 105170. Reading Counts RC 3-5 4.2 2 Quiz: 38566 Guided reading level: P. A Junior Library Guild selection. Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2007. American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project, 2007
Web Site:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description
LCCN:	2004056415
ISBN:	0374348103 9780374348106 1415663939 9781415663936
Other Number:	56956253
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	171556
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Call Number:	j 609.22 McCully

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