Josephine and her dishwashing machine : Josephine Cochrane's bright invention makes a big splash / written by Kate Hannigan ; illustrated by Sarah Green.

First edition.

9781635926217 (hardcover)
1635926211
9781662680144 (ebook)

New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2023]

©2023

English

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

CMC TX657.D6 H36 2023

609.2 B

"Many Americans have a dishwasher in their kitchen. But who invented it? Meet Josephine Garis Cochrane: entrepreneur, innovator, girlboss. Washing dishes is a pain-it leaves Josephine's cups cracked, her dishes dinged, and her chowder bowls chipped. She'd rather be picking flowers, frosting cakes, or playing piano than dealing with cracked crockery. What to do about a chore that's icky, destructive, and time-consuming? Josephine tackles this task the modern way: she makes a machine to do it for her! She tinkers and tests, and perseveres through fizzles and flops-until she has a government patent for her invention, and there are whirring, whizzing, bubbling dishwashers making a splash across America"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references.

Ages 7-10 Calkins Creek.
Grades 4-6 Calkins Creek.

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