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Summary: The telephone, the lightbulb, and the airplane are all inventions have changed the world for the better. But many popular stories about the creation of American inventions have gotten some facts wrong and left out others altogether. Fact and Fiction of American Invention dives into the myths about inventors and their inventions and brings the truth to light. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J670 GAGThimmesh, Catherine.
Summary: Tells the story of how women throughout the ages have responded to situations confronting them in daily life by inventing such items as correction fluid, space helmets, and disposable diapers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2002
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE Invent BarrettaJeffries, Michael
Summary: Discusses the accomplishments of men and women who have given us important inventions in such areas as industry and commerce, weapons and warfare, and communication.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithmark Publishers 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 609.73 JEFShulman, Mark
Summary: "Benjamin Franklin has been called one of the most accomplished and influential Americans in history, and his role in shaping the United States has had a lasting impact that is still felt today. Franklin's research into topics as varied as electricity, meteorology, demography, and oceanography were as wide-ranging and important as his travels, which took him across the globe as a diplomat."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portable Press, an imprint of Printers Row Publishing Group 2020
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Summary: Examines the life and accomplishments of computer industry pioneer Steve Jobs, a founder of Apple Computer, Inc.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET JOBSCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People Who JobsOsborne, Mary Pope
Summary: Following their adventure with Benjamin Franklin, Jack and Annie want to learn more about the Founding Father and search out facts about his life and accomplishments, including his electricity kite-flying experiment and his most famous inventions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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Summary: An introduction to the life of young Benjamin Franklin describes how, as a rebellious teen in 1732, he ran away from his family and a Boston apprenticeship to Philadelphia, and how throughout subsequent decades he rose to become a distinguished statesman, renowned author and world-famous scientist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB FRANKLIN FRELarson, Kirsten W.
Summary: "Emma Lilian Todd's mind was always soaring--she loved to solve problems. Lilian tinkered and fiddled with all sorts of objects, turning dreams into useful inventions. As a child, she took apart and reassembled clocks to figure out how they worked. As an adult, typing up patents at the U.S. Patent Office, Lilian built the inventions in her mind, including many designs for flying machines....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TODCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT STEM LarsonWerner, Rachel
Summary: "It is easy to get to many places around the world these days-we can just fly there. In early 1900s though, it was not so simple. But the Wright brothers were up to the challenge of figuring out how people could fly. With historical images and details about key events before and after the Wright brothers' innovation, this book will help kids understand the impact of the first flight on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pebble, an imprint of Capstone 2025
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.1309 WERFradin, Dennis B.
Summary: A biography of the eighteenth-century printer, publisher, inventor, scientist, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 FraRosen, Michael J.
Summary: While his father unsuccessfully apprentices him to a joiner, a shoemaker, and turner, Benjamin experiments with wooden paddles as flippers and a kite, to his time as a printer⁰́₉s apprentice. "Young Benjamin Franklin wants to be a sailor, but his father won't hear of it. The other trades he tried bored him through and through. But each time he fails to find a career, he took some important bit...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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Summary: "Did you know that Bell's amazing invention--the telephone--stemmed from his work on teaching the deaf? Both his mother and wife were deaf. Or, did you know that in later years he refused to have a telephone in his study? Bell's story will fascinate young readers interested in the early history of modern technology!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BELCarson, Mary Kay.
Summary: Profiles the life of the inventor of video games, discussing how he came up with the idea and early games he invented.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Elementary 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BAEKrull, Kathleen.
Summary: This picture-book biography explains how Farnsworth held on to his dream to develop television and the scientific concepts behind it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Invent KrullByrd, Robert.
Summary: Presents a detailed tribute to the life and work of the Founding Father that augments parchment-style spreads with artwork, facts, and quotes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRAFrith, Margaret.
Summary: An introduction to the life and accomplishments of Thomas Edison, America's most famous inventor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET EDISONCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People Who EdisonAdler, David A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRAGregory, Josh.
Contents: From Dearborn to Detroit : How did Henry Ford become interested in cars? -- On the Road : What were the first vehicles Ford ever built? -- A Car For Everyone : How did Ford manufacture so many Model Ts? -- The Big Truth : Many Models : How did Ford's car designs change over time? -- Later Years : How did the Great Depression affect Ford's business? -- True Statistics -- Important Words.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FORHarness, Cheryl.
Summary: Presents a life of the American statesman who was a diplomat, postmaster, inventor, and revolutionary and played an integral part in the founding of the nation through his great writings and communication skills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 FRALatta, Sara L.
Summary: "Read about George Ferris, and how he invented the ferris wheel"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Elementary 2012
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Summary: Describes the friendship between the two inventors and how Thomas Edison's advice to the young Henry Ford inspired Ford to work on his automobiles until he came up with an inexpensive, reliable version which became the Model T.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SLABuckley, James
Summary: Presents the lives and accomplishments of the Wright brothers, high school dropouts from Dayton, Ohio, who started out repairing bicycles and went on to build and fly the first successful airplane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Pengion Group (USA) 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BUCCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET WRIGHTGregory, Josh.
Summary: Traces the life of computer industry pioneer Steve Jobs, a founder of Apple Computer, Inc.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013