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Summary: "Benjamin Franklin has been called one of the most accomplished and influential Americans in history, and his role in shaping the United States has had a lasting impact that is still felt today. Franklin's research into topics as varied as electricity, meteorology, demography, and oceanography were as wide-ranging and important as his travels, which took him across the globe as a diplomat."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portable Press, an imprint of Printers Row Publishing Group 2020
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Summary: An introduction to the life of young Benjamin Franklin describes how, as a rebellious teen in 1732, he ran away from his family and a Boston apprenticeship to Philadelphia, and how throughout subsequent decades he rose to become a distinguished statesman, renowned author and world-famous scientist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB FRANKLIN FREOsborne, Mary Pope
Summary: Following their adventure with Benjamin Franklin, Jack and Annie want to learn more about the Founding Father and search out facts about his life and accomplishments, including his electricity kite-flying experiment and his most famous inventions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRARosen, Michael J.
Summary: While his father unsuccessfully apprentices him to a joiner, a shoemaker, and turner, Benjamin experiments with wooden paddles as flippers and a kite, to his time as a printer⁰́₉s apprentice. "Young Benjamin Franklin wants to be a sailor, but his father won't hear of it. The other trades he tried bored him through and through. But each time he fails to find a career, he took some important bit...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRAByrd, Robert.
Summary: Presents a detailed tribute to the life and work of the Founding Father that augments parchment-style spreads with artwork, facts, and quotes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRAFradin, Dennis B.
Summary: A biography of the eighteenth-century printer, publisher, inventor, scientist, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 FraAdler, David A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRAHarness, Cheryl.
Summary: Presents a life of the American statesman who was a diplomat, postmaster, inventor, and revolutionary and played an integral part in the founding of the nation through his great writings and communication skills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 FRASlade, Suzanne
Summary: Describes the friendship between the two inventors and how Thomas Edison's advice to the young Henry Ford inspired Ford to work on his automobiles until he came up with an inexpensive, reliable version which became the Model T.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SLAKrull, Kathleen
Summary: "Kathleen Krull sheds new light on the Benjamin Franklin--who considered science his true calling in life, not nation building--in this perceptive, fair-minded portrait."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRAPollack, Pam.
Summary: Examines the life and accomplishments of computer industry pioneer Steve Jobs, a founder of Apple Computer, Inc.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2012
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People Who JobsGregory, Josh.
Contents: From Dearborn to Detroit : How did Henry Ford become interested in cars? -- On the Road : What were the first vehicles Ford ever built? -- A Car For Everyone : How did Ford manufacture so many Model Ts? -- The Big Truth : Many Models : How did Ford's car designs change over time? -- Later Years : How did the Great Depression affect Ford's business? -- True Statistics -- Important Words.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FORCarson, Mary Kay.
Summary: Profiles the life of the inventor of video games, discussing how he came up with the idea and early games he invented.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Elementary 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BAEBuckley, James
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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Pengion Group (USA) 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BUCCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET WRIGHTGregory, Josh.
Summary: Traces the life of computer industry pioneer Steve Jobs, a founder of Apple Computer, Inc.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JOBDavis, Kathryn
Summary: Examines how the engineer George Ferris invented and constructed the amusement park ride that bears his name for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 791 DAVLatta, Sara L.
Summary: "Read about George Ferris, and how he invented the ferris wheel"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Elementary 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FEROld, Wendie C.
Summary: Traces the work that the two Wright brothers did together to develop the first machine-powered aircraft.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 OLDFrith, Margaret.
Summary: An introduction to the life and accomplishments of Thomas Edison, America's most famous inventor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET EDISONCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People Who EdisonGigliotti, Jim
Summary: Presents the life and accomplishments of the Croatian-born engineer who developed alternating-current technology and invented the radio.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TESCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People Who TeslaBader, Bonnie
Summary: "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 that in later years he refused to have a telephone in his study? Bell's story will fascinate young readers interested in the early history of modern technology!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BELDelano, Marfe Ferguson.
Summary: Presents a biography of the tireless Thomas Edison, illustrated with many photos of his life and inventions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 EDIWestergaard, Azadeh
Summary: "Born at the stroke of midnight during a lightning storm, Nikola Tesla grew up to become one of the most important electrical inventors in the world. But before working with electricity, he was a child who loved playing with the animals on his family's farm in Serbia. An inventor since childhood, Tesla's patents encompassed everything from radar and remote-control technology to wireless...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021
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Summary: This picture-book biography explains how Farnsworth held on to his dream to develop television and the scientific concepts behind it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009