Then, as he got older, he moved on, with his robot Linex, to make inventions that worked and kept on inventing. He took things apart to harvest parts and see how they worked. He took odds and ends as a kid and put them together to make creations. Lonnie Johnson spent his childhood (and adulthood) tinkering with things. But when picking out this book I wondered if it was just nostalgia for people my age or if it would resonate with kids today. I think every kid in the nineties had a Super Soaker or at least had a friend with one. But it is his invention of the Super Soaker water gun that has made his most memorable splash with kids and adults. Growing up in a house full of brothers and sisters, persistence and a passion for problem solving became the cornerstone for a career as an engineer and his work with NASA. Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions written by Chris Barton, illustrated by Don Tateįrom Goodreads: A love for rockets, robots, inventions, and a mind for creativity began early in Lonnie Johnson’s life.
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