Benjamin Franklin : a nonfiction companion to Magic Tree House #32, To the future, Ben Franklin! [Magic tree house fact tracker]by Osborne, Mary Pope 

BTSB Prebound(Random House, 2019)

BTSB #: 693556 Available

Dewey: 973.3092/BAges: 7-10   
AR: 5.5 LG RC: 5.5 3-5 Lexile: 840

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Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin,|d1706-1790 Statesmen - United States - Biography Inventors - United States - Biography Scientists - United States - Biography Printers - United States - Biography

Summary: Join Jack and Annie as they track the facts about Benjamin Franklin's life when they return from their adventure in To The Future, Ben Franklin!

Boy who thought outside the box : the story of video game inventor Ralph Baer [People Who Shaped Our World]by Wessels, Marcie 

BTSB Prebound(Sterling Children's Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 445588 Available

Dewey: 794.8092/BAges: 5-9   
Lexile: 740

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Subjects: Baer, Ralph H Video games - United States - Biography Inventors - United States - Biography Video games industry - United States - History

Summary: A picture book biography of Ralph Baer, nicknamed "The Father of Videogames," which shows how a great inventor found a way to transform the early television set into a vehicle for gaming.

Elon Musk [STEM Superstars]by Amin, Anita Nahta 

BTSB Prebound(Norwood House Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 057140 Available

Dewey: 338.092/BAges: 6-8   
Lexile: 480 F&P: M

Genres:

Subjects: Musk, Elon Businesspeople - United States - Biography Businesspeople - South Africa - Biography Inventors - United States - Biography

Summary: Describes the life and work of Elon Musk, an inventor and entrepreneur whose companies build rockets and electric cars.

Fushhh! : el chorro de inventos super humedos de Lonnie Johnson by Barton, Chris 

BTSB PreboundSPANISH(Charlesbridge, 2019)

BTSB #: 095015 Available

Dewey: 609.2/BAges: 7-10   


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Subjects: Johnson, Lonnie,|d1949- African American inventors - Biography Inventors - United States - Biography African Americans - Alabama - Biography

Summary: The true story of how the Super Soaker was an unexpected invention. In Spanish.

Great inventors & their inventions

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2009)

BTSB #: P00586 Available

Dewey: 609.2/CAges: 8-11   


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Subjects: Jobs, Steven,|d1955-2011 Wozniak, Steve,|d1950- Edison, Thomas A.|q(Thomas Alva),|d1847-1931 Morse, Samuel Finley Breese,|d1791-1872 Whitney, Eli,|d1765-1825 Edison, Thomas A.|q(Thomas Alva),|d1847-1931 Morse, Samuel Finley Breese,|d1791-1872 Whitney, Eli,|d1765-1825 Inventors - United States - Biography

Summary: Includes Eli Whitney and his cotton gin, Samuel Morse and the telegraph, Thomas Edison and the light bulb, and Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak and the personal computer.

Guitar genius : how Les Paul engineered the solid-body electric guitar and rocked the world by Tomsic, Kim 

BTSB Prebound(Chronicle Books, 2019)

BTSB #: 884790 Available

Dewey: 787.8709/BAges: 5-8   
AR: 4.3 LG RC: 4.4 3-5 Lexile: 720 F&P: S

Genres:

Subjects: Paul, Les Guitarists - United States - Biography Inventors - United States - Biography

Summary: A picture book biography of Les Paul, considered to be the father of the solid-body electric guitar.

Jerome Lemelson : the man behind industrial robots [Little Inventor, Smithsonian little explorer]by Raatma, Lucia 

BTSB Prebound(Pebble, 2020)

BTSB #: 736831 Available

Dewey: 621.3092/BAges: 6-9   
AR: 4.4 LG Lexile: 710 F&P: Q

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Subjects: Lemelson, Jerome,|d1923-1997 Electrical engineers - United States - Biography Inventors - United States - Biography

Summary: Gives facts about Jerome Lemelson, his life, and how his inventions changed the world.

Quienes fueron los Hermanos Wright? [Quien fue--? (Who was--?) (Santillana USA)]by Buckley, James 

BTSB PreboundSPANISH(Santillana, 2015)

BTSB #: 166461 Available

Dewey: 629.13/CAges: 8-12   
AR: 6.6 MG

Genres: Spanish Bilingual

Subjects: Wright, Wilbur,|d1867-1912 Wright, Orville,|d1871-1948 Inventors - United States - Biography Spanish language - Reading materials

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. In Spanish.

Samuel Morse, that's who! by Maurer, Tracy 

BTSB Prebound(Holt, 2019)

BTSB #: 614336 Available

Dewey: 621.383/BAges: 5-8   
AR: 4.1 LG RC: 3.3 K-2 Lexile: 700 AD

Genres:

Subjects: Morse, Samuel Finley Breese,|d1791-1872 Telegraph - History Morse code Inventors - United States - Biography Artists - United States - Biography

Summary: A picture book biography of Samuel Morse that highlights how he revolutionized modern technology.

Unstoppable Garrett Morgan : inventor, entrepreneur, hero by DiCicco, Joan 

BTSB Prebound(Lee & Low Books, 2019)

BTSB #: 277062 Available

Dewey: 609.2/BAges: 6-9   
Lexile: 980 F&P: S

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Subjects: Morgan, Garrett A.,|d1877-1963 African American inventors - Biography Inventors - United States - Biography

Summary: The biography of Garrett A. Morgan, an African American entrepreneur and prolific inventor, whose bravery saved lives at the Cleveland Waterworks Disaster in 1916.

Who was Steve Jobs? [Who was--? (Grosset & Dunlap, Penguin Workshop)]by Pollack, Pam 

BTSB Prebound(Grosset & Dunlap, 2012)

BTSB #: 724680 Available

Dewey: 338.7/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5 MG RC: 3.8 3-5 Lexile: 660 F&P: W

Genres:

Subjects: Jobs, Steve,|d1955-2011 Apple Computer, Inc Businessmen - United States - Biography Computer engineers - United States - Biography Inventors - United States - Biography

Summary: Examines the life and accomplishments of computer industry pioneer Steve Jobs, a founder of Apple Computer, Inc.