Ford, Gilbert.

Gilbert Ford's The marvelous thing that came from a spring : the accidental invention of the toy that swept the nation / Marvelous thing that came from a spring written and illustrated by Gilbert Ford ; photography by Greg Endries. - 1st. ed. - New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2016. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

A story of the invention of an iconic American toy describes how engineer Richard James observed the remarkable movements of a coiled spring that fell from his desk.

Ages 4-8.

ISBN: 9781481450652 1481450654

LCCN: 2015015309

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Slinky (Toy)
Inventors
Inventors

Dewey Class. No.: 790.1/33