This charming picture book biography about the inventor of the Frisbee
follows the twists and turns of innovation and highlights the
persistence it takes to succeed.
Fred Morrison is credited with inventing this classic toy, but for
centuries folks have been flipping for flying discs. Ancient Greeks
flicked discs, and beginning in the 1920s, college kids at Yale
University were tossing pie tins.
Fred's invention quest began in 1932 after tossing a tin popcorn lid
around the backyard. For more than twenty years, Fred and his wife, Lu,
tried and failed to perfect a flying-disc concept. Eventually they
created what we know today as the Frisbee.
Fun and fact-filled, this Frisbee origin story is sure to delight sports
and STEM fans alike.