In 1850, Margaret Knight was different from most girls growing up in America. She loved to work with tools and fashion things with wood - people claimed she made the best kites and sleds in town! By the age of twelve, Margaret was working at the local cotton mill alongside her two older brothers. One day, a shuttle came loose from a giant loom and flew across the room, injuring a young worker. This inspired her to invent a stop-motion device—the first of her many inventions. Best known for designing a machine that made the flat-bottom paper bag, Margaret Knight became a woman of astounding accomplishment.

This, the third book in Tundra’s Great Idea Series, is a wonderful introduction to biography and to a woman who devoted her life to inventing. Monica Kulling’s playful, informative text, combined with the lively, detailed illustrations of artist David Parkins, bring an amazing, inspiring woman and her times to life.

From the dust jacket