Pines and Plains Libraries

Describes how inventors think and work, explains how one invention--plastic--has changed the world, and briefly discusses seventy-five other important inventions, from the jet engine to the potato chip.

An introduction to the life and career of the man who invented the telephone.

"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"--

Join a brilliant young inventor named Lewis as he sets off on a time-traveling journey to find the family he never knew. In the world of 2037, hip-hoppin' frogs and dogs that wear glasses are as common as talking dinosaurs. In an amazing twist, Lewis discovers that the fate of the future rests in his hands, but he can't save it alone. He meets the wacky Robinson family, who help him learn to keep moving forward and never stop believing in himself....

Andy Hawkes decides to use one of his grandfather's inventions to uncover the cause of his parent's deaths and discover who is threatening Grandfater Hawke's life.

"In this historical thriller about the nature of genius, the cost of ambition, and the battle to electrify America, a young lawyer fresh out of Columbia Law School takes a case that seems impossible to win. His client, George Westinghouse, has been sued by Thomas Edison over who invented the light bulb"--

10 year old Adam Melon is always inventing things. All his life, which is 10 years, great ideas have been popping in and out of my melon head. Sometimes they work. This year theyd́ better, because his class is entering an inventing fair. His friend Sam and he are dreaming up plans. And Capitol Hill has a ton of places to find invention parts.

Benjamin Franklin is the Founding Father who winks at us. An ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings, he seems made of flesh rather than of marble. In bestselling author Walter Isaacson's vivid and witty full-scale biography, we discover why Franklin seems to turn to us from history's stage with eyes that twinkle from behind his new-fangled spectacles. By bringing Franklin to...

"Childhood biographies of sixteen trailblazers in technology, education, business, science, art, and entertainment"--