Flip! How the Frisbee Took Flight by Margaret Muirhead and Adam Gustavson - ESSENTIAL

Flip! How the Frisbee Took Flight by Margaret Muirhead, illustrated by Adam Gustavson. PICTURE BOOK, NON-FICTION Charlesbridge, 2021. $18. 9781580898805 

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE, EL, MS - ESSENTIAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH 

First seen as a pie tin throwing fad on a college campus in 1920, then in 1937 Fred Morrison threw a popcorn lid to his girlfriend at Thanksgiving, and played with the cool flying disc all over. Soon the popcorn lid dented and wouldn't fly straight, so Fred tried a pie plate then a cake pan. Fred was a pilot in WWII and designed a flying tin with curved edges like a plane's wings. Then when he got home, he marketed it as a flying saucer toy which eventually was noticed by Wham-O, who renamed it Frisbee - the rest is history! 

Oh Boy! The story of the Frisbee - I loved the illustrations so much, very mid 20th century in both style and look. The text was just right and the story well told. Includes an author's note and sources. An awesome non-fiction choice for my middle school.

Lisa Librarian