Hubert Invents the Wheel

This delightful book uses the type of humor that kids get to teach about the life of a teenager in Mesopotamia thousand of years ago. Think 'his dad is like Fred Flintstone and he is like the cool kid up the street from you'. I looked for more history books written by this duo but none out there yet. I hope they write more!

Hubert is an inventor in Ancient Sumeria. This is his story. He invents the wheel and it's GREAT! Everyone around loves it, until the Assyrians try to use it against the Sumerians in battle!

"Hubert Invents the Wheel" was a crowd-pleaser at my house. By happenstance we were shopping at a local bookstore when the authors were doing a presentation in the children's area. We purchased an autographed copy and my boys (ages 6 and 10) begged me to start reading it to them that very night! I am always on the lookout for good "bedtime reading" that can hold the interest of both of them despite the four-year age difference, and this one was a winner! The tale was witty and visual and clever. On more than one night my kids pleaded with me to keep reading more chapters than planned as to not send them to sleep on a cliff-hanger! The best testament to the book is that when I finally reached the end, having gotten there a few chapters a night a few nights a week, my sons asked me to start over! :)

Kids in grades 4-6 will appreciate Hubert Invents The Wheel, a zany story of one teen Hubert, who has some ideas of how to make his life in Ancient Sumeria easier - by inventing the wheel, his greatest creation. So why doesn't the world rejoice? It could be because the Assyrian enemies try to use his invention to reduce his people to roadkill - and it's up to Hubert to save civilization. Black and white illustrations by Jeff Shelly pepper a zany tale.