Inventors
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Pedro’s Yo-Yos: How a Filipino Immigrant Came to America and Changed the World of Toys
$20.95 Add to cartDiscover the backstory of one of America’s favorite toys, the yo-yo, in this colorful biography of businessman Pedro Flores.
It can spin and roll, leap and twirl. You can stretch it between your hands
- Author: Peñas, Rob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 162014574X
- Language: English
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The Time Machine: A Graphic Novel
$8.99 Add to cartA scientist invents a machine that carries him into the future. While there, he discovers a race of gentle humans. He also meets some evil creatures. Even worse, his Time Machine is trapped deep insid… [more below]
- Series: Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions
- Author: Wells, H. G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: July 01 2014
- ISBN10: 149650030X
- Language: English
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Kid-Ventors: 35 Real Kids and Their Amazing Inventions
$19.99 Add to cartWhat do swim fins, Popsicles(R), Infection-Detecting Stitches, the Braille alphabet, and Taco vs. Burrito all have in common? They were all invented by kids!
When Remya Jose had to spend many hours w- Author: Pew, Kailei
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1250836026
- Language: English
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Juniper Mae: Secrets of the Guardian Knights
$12.99 Read moreJuniper Mae returns! The energy crisis continues in Tykotech City and a new president threatens the existence of the forest and the Tama-Tama community.
Juniper Mae now visits the forest every weekend- Author: Soh, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1838741690
- Language: English
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What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors
$17.99 Add to cartKareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend and the NBA’s alltime leading scorer, champions a lineup of little-known African-American inventors in this lively, kid-friendly book.
Did you know that James We- Author: Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 44
- Publish Date: January 10 2012
- ISBN10: 0763645648
- Language: English
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Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women
$18.99 Add to cartIn kitchens and living rooms, in garages and labs and basements, even in converted chicken coops, women and girls have invented ingenious innovations that have made our lives simpler and better. Their
- Author: Thimmesh, Catherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 09 2018
- ISBN10: 1328772535
- Language: English
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Brilliant Inventions
$21.95 Read moreFrom international best-selling author
Eleventh book in the World of Wonder series
Using photographs, illustrations, and historical facts, this non-fiction title presents over 25 inventions such as the
- Series: World of Wonder #11
- Author: Van Gageldonk, Mack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1605378577
- Language: English
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The Renaissance Inventors: With History Projects for Kids
$14.95 Add to cartWhy was the Renaissance such an important period of time in Western history? Who were the innovators who thought of the inventions we still use today?
In The Renaissance Inventors with History Project
- Series: Renaissance for Kids
- Author: Klepeis, Alicia Z.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 16 2018
- ISBN10: 1619306859
- Language: English
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A Ben of All Trades: The Most Inventive Boyhood of Benjamin Franklin
$16.99 Add to cartA rousing biography from Michael J. Rosen and Matt Tavares reveals how Benjamin Franklin’s boyhood shaped his amazingly multifaceted life.
Young Benjamin Franklin wants to be a sailor, but his father- Author: Rosen, Michael J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 17 2020
- ISBN10: 1536201219
- Language: English
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The Great Time Heist!: An Adventure with an American Inventor
$8.99 Read moreQianna is suffering the worst thing an inventor can experience–inventor’s block! With the school science fair coming up, she’ll do anything to defeat her rival, Maddy. That includes taking the Quantu… [more below]
- Series: Qianna and the Quantum Train
- Author: Sams, Jared
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1669057054
- Language: English
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Alexander Graham Bell
$5.99 Add to cartSay hello to the inventor of the telephone–and so much more! Through leveled text and engaging photos, kids meet Alexander Graham Bell and learn about his important invention as well as his role in t… [more below]
- Series: Readers BIOS
- Author: Kramer, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 06 2015
- ISBN10: 1426319355
- Language: English
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Rube Goldberg’s Simple Normal Humdrum School Day
$18.99 Read moreFrom author Jennifer George and Reuben Award-winning illustrator Ed Steckley, Rube Goldberg’s Simple Normal Humdrum School Day is a picture book adventure following a day in the life of the famed inve… [more below]
- Series: Rube Goldberg’s Simple Normal
- Author: George, Jennifer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 29 2017
- ISBN10: 1419725580
- Language: English
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Izzy Gizmo
$18.99 Read moreA young Black girl builds confidence in her engineering skills as she helps an injured crow fly again in this vibrant, STEAM-infused tale of determination, ingenuity, and friendship.
Izzy Gizmo’s inve- Author: Jones, Pip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 06 2018
- ISBN10: 1682630218
- Language: English
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Over and Out
$18.99 Read morePerfect for fans of Alan Gratz and Jennifer A. Nielsen, a gripping and accessible story of a young girl from Cold War East Berlin who is forced to spy for the secret police… but is determined to esc… [more below]
- Author: Walsh, Jenni L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1338775782
- Language: English
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Sweet Dreams, Sarah
$17.99 Read moreSarah E. Goode was one of the first African-American women to get a US patent. Working in her furniture store, she recognized a need for a multi-use bed and through hard work, ingenuity, and determina
- Author: Kirkfield, Vivian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: May 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1939547318
- Language: English
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The Story of the Wright Brothers: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers
$6.99 Add to cartDiscover the lives of Wilbur and Orville Wright–a story for kids 6 to 12 about making ideas take flight
The Wright brothers were the first people ever to build and fly an airplane, doing what many pe- Series: The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers
- Author: Whipple, Annette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 66
- Publish Date: July 28 2020
- ISBN10: 164739239X
- Language: English
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A Life Electric: The Story of Nikola Tesla
$18.99 Read moreA lyrical biography of the eccentric engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla
“An elegant and enlightening look at a man who brightened the whole world.” –Booklist, starred review
Born at the stroke of midn- Author: Westergaard, Azadeh
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 27 2021
- ISBN10: 0593114604
- Language: English
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Alfred Nobel: The Man Behind the Peace Prize
$17.95 Add to cartAlmost everyone has heard of the Nobel Prize, a collection of prizes awarded for accomplishments in science, medicine, literature, and peace. But few people know about the man who established the awar… [more below]
- Author: Wargin, Kathy-Jo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 15 2009
- ISBN10: 1585362816
- Language: English
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Dam Buster
$34.99 Add to cartSir Barnes Wallis CBE became a household name after the hit 1954 film The Dam Busters in which Michael Redgrave portrayed a shy, slightly abstracted genius at odds with bureaucracy. Yet this was a sim… [more below]
- Author: Morris, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1474623425
- Language: English
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The Watcher in the Shadows
$15.99 Add to cartA chilling, compelling mystery from the internationally bestselling author of The Shadow of the Wind.
When fourteen-year-old Irene Sauvelle moves with her family to Cape House on the coast of Normand- Author: Zafon, Carlos Ruiz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 01 2014
- ISBN10: 031604475X
- Language: English
