Inventions & Inventors

Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted painter, talented musician, and dedicated scientist and inventor, designing flying machines, submarines, and even helicopters...

Put on your thinking cap and get inventive! Make a musical instrument from glass bottles, use a drop of water to create a microscope, develop your own com...

look Around To See What Uses Oil—cars, Airplanes, Boats, Factories, And Countless Other Machines. The World Is Dependent On Oil As Its Main Source Of Ener...

This young readers edition of Ingenious focuses on 50 kid-friendly Canadian innovations that changed the world, from canoes to whoopie cushions, chocolate ...

40+ things to create, draw, and make!Featuring art from the beloved New York Times bestselling picture book Iggy Peck, Architect, this activity book contai...

Bill Gates, Born In Seattle, Washington, In 1955, Is An American Business Magnate, Investor, Philanthropist, And Author. In This Who Was...? Biography, Chil...

One day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric...

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 ...

An Introduction To Time Discusses The Inventions And Communication Used To Tell Time Throughout History, Including Hour Glasses And Atomic Clocks To Calenda...

Moving, funny, and totally true childhood biographies of Bill Gates, Madam C. J. Walker, Hedy Lamarr, Walt Disney, and 12 other international innovators. Mo...

Piggy banks, silly putty, potato chips and frisbees are all things that were invented by mistake. Includes a bibliography. An IRA-CBC Children's Choice. ...

Applying engaging, innovative design and fun, informative text, 100 Inventions That Made History looks at the trailblazing inventions that have advanced te...