Great Idea Series: Going Up! : Elisha Otis's Trip to the Top (Series #4) (Paperback)

from purplethings

This is a short picture book biography of Elisha Otis, the inventor of the elevator. An entertaining and engaging story for children learning about inventions. The brief text and large pictures on each page make it accessible for upper elementary aged students. It would be great for children who ...

from Ella.Kennen

This picture book provides an introduction to Elisha Otis, famed elevator inventor. When Elisha was small, lifts helped raise the hay to the barn at his farm... but sometimes the rope would break to disastrous results. When he grew up, he realized that lifts could help move freight -- but only if...

from Adriane_Adams

Biographies in children's libraries can be rather dry and uninteresting to children. This book was neither. It captured my children's attention through the unique cover design, detailed illustrations, and age-appropriate text... and they learned something too!

from ElizaJane

Reason for Reading: Next in the series. I always enjoy good picture book biographies and Monica Kulling's "Great Idea Series" is a favourite of mine. She has a knack for picking the not so common inventors of the last 150 years or so. These are inventions we've heard of but the inventor's names a...

from NathanaelS

This is a well written story about an inventor for children. The illustrations are superb, and the story gives a gimps into the history of technology in the early 20th century when immigrants like this elevator inventor were coming to America to start over. Most immigrants to this country like Ot...