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®.