Review: Great information and an easy read for a pre-teen inventor
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 29, 2013
My middle school aged son wants to be an inventor.  He's always talking about ways that every day items can be improved on and his different invention ideas.  After years of listening to him talk about when he's grown all the things he plan on inventing I decided I wanted to get him started but just on a small level. I figured why wait? The things he's thinking about now may not be viable in 8 years when he's grown and finished with school.But unfortunately, like many people, I didn't have a clue where to start.  In my research I came across Mark Christopher's book "Get On The Shelf - How to get your Invention Selling & Making Money" and decided to read it before I shared it with my son.  I must say I was very impressed with the laid back delivery. Mark shares his experience like he's talking to a friend.  The book is a very easy read and it's a great jumping off point.  My son is almost finished reading it too and he has a new idea after every chapter it seems.When my son starts talking to me about all his great invention ideas, I must admit that sometimes my eyes kind of glass over because this is not my field but like Chris Gardner told his young son in the movie Pursuit of Happiness, "Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something. Not even me.  You got a dream. You gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves, they wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want something, go get it. Period."  Mark's book reminded me to never ever tell my son that his idea is silly or that it won't work because I'm not the final say, just because I don't need it doesn't mean that the other millions of people in this world don't.If you have an invention idea or if you have a young entrepreneurial/inventor minded person in your life, spend the 99 cents to get your copy it's certainly worth that and more.