The BooBoos That Changed the World, Barry Wittenstein
The BooBoos That Changed the World, Barry Wittenstein
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The Boo-Boos That Changed the World
A True Story About an Accidental Invention (Really!)

Author: Barry Wittenstein

Narrator: L.J. Ganser

Unabridged: 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/23/2018


Synopsis

Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2018 EARLE HAS A WIFE NAMED JOSEPHINE. She’s kind of klutzy and often cuts and burns herself around the house. Ouch!Then a lightbulb goes off over Earle’s head. (Not an actual lightbulb, but you get the idea.) Earle figures out a way to make easy-to-use bandages for Josephine. Earle just wants to help his wife. He doesn’t mean to invent something important. But he does. Because of Earle, we now have Band-Aids®.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Christina on August 06, 2018

Ouch! Ow! My gosh that hurts! We all get boo-boos. Cuts, scratches, scrapes, brush burns and the like and in that instance, that moment of pain and discomfort, it is likely that you may have covered it right up with a Band-Aid. It calms the tears of our little ones and eases our way back to the task......more

Goodreads review by Gary on June 12, 2018

As a newlywed, Josephine is accident-prone, especially in the kitchen working with knives. Luckily, her husband Earle knows early 20th Century medical supplies, so he can help Josephine with first aid for her “boo-boos.” Earle wonders if there might be a simpler way to bandage small cuts. This curio......more

Goodreads review by Linda on February 21, 2018

Barry Wittenstein clearly has a great sense of humor, because during the telling of this interesting story, he's made me laugh quite a lot. Certainly, I did not laugh when he began after Earle Dickson married his sweetheart, Josephine, and discovered that she had lots of small accidents, like tiny......more