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Author
Publisher
Jump!, Inc.
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Most things that you own were invented by someone. From bicycles to computers, they all started as just a tiny idea in someone else’s mind. Learn about how many everyday objects were invented and who created them. It’s time to dive into the world of inventors and inventions!
Inventors and Inventions is part of Decodables by Jump!, a comprehensive library of decodable leveled readers that follow a sequenced approach to phonics instruction....
Author
Publisher
Silver, Burdett, and Company
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
From the PREFACE:
"A school history should set forth such facts, and in such an order, as to show the progress of civilization. The great lessons of history are found in that line of events in the past which exhibits the progress of mankind—the uplift of humanity. The record of no other country can present a more startling array of forward movements and upward tendencies than that of our own land, and in no one direction does this upward movement...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
“Young readers will be captivated by the contemporary inventors and inventions featured, and inspired to incorporate biomimicry into their own designs.”
—Miranda Paul, author of One Plastic Bag and Water is Water
Who's the best teacher for scientists, engineers, AND designers? Mother nature, of course!
When an inventor is inspired by nature for a new creation, they are practicing something called...
—Miranda Paul, author of One Plastic Bag and Water is Water
Who's the best teacher for scientists, engineers, AND designers? Mother nature, of course!
When an inventor is inspired by nature for a new creation, they are practicing something called...
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Inventions and the technologies they produced have, over the millennia, shaped our civilizations and transformed life on this planet. Invention is a world always on the move, ever reaching out, never static. Each new generation brings its own innovative thinkers whose creativity may be embedded in their DNA, or evolved through their upbringing or education. Inquiring minds are a requisite for most inventors. They are often keen observers of life and...
Author
Publisher
Hearst Home Kids
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
History comes alive in this beautifully illustrated book with bite-size facts (along with a touch of humor) that will engage and entertain young curious minds. Jam-packed with important events, inspiring accomplishments by remarkable people, and groundbreaking inventions, this super-fun fact-filled book, the first kids book from History Channel, includes the most interesting historical facts-from early civilization up to the 21st century all around...
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
The result of an illegal experiment in genetic mutation, Experiment #626 is so horrifyingly hostile that it's been locked up by its inventors. It escapes to Earth where Lilo, a young Hawaiian girl, mistakes it for a strange dog, adopts it, and renames it Stitch. As Stitch becomes part of Lilo's unusual family life, Lilo's innocence and the aloha spirit of the Islands confuse and ultimately civilize the creature.
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