Smash, Crash, Topple, Roll!: The Inventive Rube Goldberg: A Life in Comics, Contraptions, and Six Simple Machines
Catherine Thimmesh
This picture-book biography examines cartoonist Rube Goldberg and the lasting influence of his elaborate comic inventions. It explains the six simple machines and the ways they appear in everyday life, while following Goldberg’s career and the humor he found in ordinary tasks. Although he was not mechanically minded, the book presents his creative approach to contraptions that make simple jobs unnecessarily complicated. It also explores trying, failing, and trying again.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
