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Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"From Popsicles and swim fins to robots and glitter-shooting prosthetics, this middle grade nonfiction debut is full of fun and inspiring stories about real kid inventors and some of their most amazing inventions"-- Provided by publisher.
2) Sky high
Author
Series
Zigzag kids volume 7
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
480L
Physical Desc
68 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Charlie has lots of ideas. Need something to go sky high? Ah-ha! The zinger-winger! Need to launch a cheese popper into soup? The amazing popper-upper! But the zinger-winger zings more than wings and the popper-upper plops. Charlie isn't allowed to invent for a week. Meanwhile, the afterschool invention fair is coming up. He needs time to make something special. Good thing he has his friends and Mr. Redfern, another inventor, to help him out"-- Provided...
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
430L
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Going slow helps Dr. Beaker think. But because of that Buzz is late for everything from his baseball game to his birthday party. How can Buzz get Dr. Beaker to pick up the pace?
Author
Series
Templeton twins volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
Abigail and John, the Templeton twins, and their dog Cassie, foil a pair of inept kidnappers intent on stealing one of their father's newest inventions.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Buzz and his dad head to a cave to test a new invention. As they explore the cave, they see crystals, snakes, and bats. Then Buzz spots something really special! Maybe Buzz's latest invention has led to a great discovery.
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
53 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents some of the characteristics of inventors by describing the inventions of people such as Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and Eli Whitney.
Author
Series
Frankie Sparks third-grade inventor volume 4
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
640L
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Frankie does not believe in leprechauns, but her best friend, Maya, claims that there is one living in her backyard; so Frankie builds a leprechaun trap to prove her point--but soon begins to doubt the validity of her own experiment.
12) House of robots
Author
Series
House of robots volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Fifth-grader Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez struggles to fit in when his inventor mother requires him to take her latest creation, a robotic 'brother,' to school with him to learn to become a student"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
980L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"The biography of Garrett A. Morgan, an African American entrepreneur and prolific inventor, whose bravery saved lives at the Cleveland Waterworks Disaster in 1916. Includes timeline and author's sources."-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Includes facts on the top 12 inventions of America, from the lightbulb to basketball and blue jeans to the personal computer.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"On an Earth that is not our own, Victoria never ascended the throne ... It is a time of gaslamps and regularly scheduled airship flights, of trams and steam-driven clockwork with countless smoke-belching stacks. London, the capitol of the Empire of the Lion, is a filthy, crowded, fast-growing city where a series of shocking murders threatens the throne itself. Energetic young inventor Jack Straker believes he has created a weapon to defend the Crown:...
16) Field tripped
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
590L
Physical Desc
260 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The fifth graders of Liberty Falls Elementary have a reputation for trouble, but they manage to convince their principal to let them go on a field trip to the mansion of Edward Minks (local inventor, founder of the town, and great-great-great grandfather of fifth-grader Eddie), and search for the secret inventions that are rumored to be hidden there--but once at the estate they find that they are not the only people searching, and somehow this class...
17) Elon Musk
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era--a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter"-- Provided by publisher.
As a kid in South Africa, Musk was regularly beaten by bullies; he once was in the...
Author
Series
Frank Einstein volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Frank Einstein (kid-genius scientist and inventor) and his best friend, Watson, along with intelligent robots Klink and Klank once again find themselves in competition with T. Edison, their classmate and archrival--this time in the quest to unlock the power behind the science of energy"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
154 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Famous young inventor Billy Sure is hosting an online contest to help other kid inventors. With so many great ideas pouring in, it certainly won't be easy to pick a winner. It also won't be easy for Billy to keep the secret that would take him from hero to zero if anyone found out.
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