num_pages: 32
description: With magnificent dioramic illustrations Gilbert Ford captures the joy creativity and determination behind the invention of an iconic one-of-a-kind the Slinky!One day a spring fell from the desk of Richard James an engineer and a dreamer. Its coils took a walkand so did Richards imagination. He knew right away that he had stumbled onto something marvelous.With the help of his wife Betty Richard took this ordinary spring and turned it into a plaything. But it wasnt just any old trinketit was a Slinky and it would become one of the most popular toys in American history.
language: English
title: The Marvelous Thing That Came from a Spring: The Accidental Invention of the Toy That Swept the Nation
publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers