Eureka! Poems About Inventors by Joyce Sidman

Sidman, Joyce. Eureka! Poems About Inventors. Brookfield: The Millbrook Press, 2002.

Illustrated by K. Bennett Chavez

Using a free verse style, Sidman creates sixteen poems in a chronological order to honor many different inventors. From a prehistoric woman to the inventor of the World Wide Web, Sidman presents each person and what they achieved. She also includes a short biographical note after each set of poems to tell a little more of the person’s history. Each page comes with attractive paintings created by K. Bennett Chavez that helps create this book. The print used within the book is quite small and makes it a little harder to read, but the information presented is well worth it. The book is great for students who are studying a particular time period and want a creative way of learning about a person. The poems can be read all at once or in sections as needed, and a definite good tool for teachers in their classrooms.