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

Have you ever seen inventors on TV or in the newspaper and thought, "That could be me!" Well, it certainly could- and this book shows you how. Kids Inventing! gives you easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for turning your ideas into realities for fun, competition, and even profit. From finding an idea and creating a working model topatenting, manufacturing, and selling your invention, you get expert guidance in all the different stages of inventing....

Discusses the lives and achievements of four outstanding American inventors: Robert Goddard, Charles Goodyear, Thomas Edison, and George Eastman.

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.

Eureka! looks at the instances in which some of the world"s greatest inventions were conceived and explains how creative genius has enabled some individuals to look right through a problem and come up with a solution that has eluded rivals. From the excitement of Newton"s historic discovery of the laws of gravity to the more recent creation of Teflon, this fascinating book illuminates an amazing variety of inventions, as well as the moments of inspiration...

Presents a timeline of inventions from the use of fire in prehistoric times to the iPad in 2010, with an emphasis on developments in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Bogo the fox invents a series of disastrous devices in an attempt to have the powers of other animals, but saves the animals of the forest using his own fox powers.