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THE WORLD’S FIRS T ROLLERCOAS TER: AND OTHER AMA ZING INVENTIONS
LAUGH AND LEARN WITH THESE COMIC-STRIP HISTORIES
AUTHOR MIKE BARFIELD ILLUSTRATOR FRANZISKA HÖLLBACHER PUBLISHER TEMPLAR PUBLISHING PRICE £10.99 / $15.78
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You can’t go wrong with cool facts and funny comic strips, so author and illustrator dream team Mike Barfield and Franziska Höllbacher are off to a pretty good start with The World’s First Rollercoaster: and Other Amazing Inventions. It charts the greatest inventions from the last century or so – and when we say ‘greatest’, we don’t necessarily mean the inventions that have significantly furthered our species. In fact, fun inventions like the rollercoaster, the hamburger, skateboards and video games take more of a precedent over the likes of electric vehicles and smartphones. This is where Höllbacher and Barfield have the most fun. There’s a full-page comic strip for every item on the contents page, giving a history of the people behind the invention and their world-famous ideas.