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How to Become an Accidental Genius

Authors: Elizabeth MacLeod and Frieda Wishinsky April 2, 2019

This nonfiction book for middle readers is full of inspiring tales of inventors and
innovators who have accidentally changed the world. The book also features profiles of
inventive kids and teenagers.

FORMAT: Hardcover (unjacketed) PDF EPUB
7.5 x 9 9781459816763 9781459816770 9781459816787
128 pages $24.95

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Biographies, picture books, cookbooks—ELIZABETH MACLEOD has written them all and
more. She has won many awards for her writing, including the Norma Fleck Award for
Canadian Children’s Nonfiction, as well as Children’s Choice awards across Canada.
Elizabeth is very curious and loves discovering incredible facts and sharing them with
readers. With a university degree in biology, Elizabeth has a special interest in science

and inventors. For this book, Elizabeth especially enjoyed writing about incredible female
inventors such as Mary Anderson and Mary Sherman Morgan. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.

FRIEDA WISHINSKY is the international award-winning author of over seventy books.
She writes picture books, chapter books, novels and nonfiction. Her books have been
translated into many languages, and her picture book Please, Louise! won the 2008
Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. She is also the author of the popular Canadian Flyer
Adventures and Survival series. Frieda loves humor, travel, gardens, chocolate and sharing
the writing process. For more information, visit friedawishinsky.com.

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