I hope you’ll click through to my post at the Nerdy Book Club to see the cover for my new book, which is due out September 5th. I hope you like it!… Read More
At long last, I am thrilled to show you the cover for my next nonfiction book, to be published by Walker Books. It is scheduled for April, 2014. Here it is! What do you think?
For the story about how… Read More
Canned food, in heavy iron cans, was invented for the British Navy in 1813. But can openers were not invented until the 1860s. Before then, people opened cans with a hammer and chisel.
source: The Boy Who Invented the Popsicle, by Don L. Wulffson