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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: Founding Father Benjamin Franklin is one of the most extraordinary human beings to have ever lived. One of Americas greatest statesman, Franklin was also a scientist, an inventor, and a printera man who always worked to make life better for his fellow citizens. The well-organized chapters help students identify key details while the photographs, timelines and other text features encourage...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, An Imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRAFreedman, Russell.
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 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 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 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 FraContents: Sparks fly -- Books and dreams -- A boy named silence -- Home away from home -- Taking care of business -- The good citizen -- Ben's great adventrue -- Home for good -- Talking about Franklin -- Benjamin Franklin's key dates.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB FRANKLIN SATAdler, 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 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 JobsDavis, Lynn
Summary: "The Wright Brothers are famous for their role in the history of flight! Kids can read this book to find out more about the Wright Brothers and how they flew the first airplane. They will learn how the Wright Brothers started a bicycle shop first and how their first flight at Kitty Hawk went"--Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Super Sandcastle, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 DAVDavis, Lynn
Summary: Discusses the life of Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, an invention that changed the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Super Sandcastle, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BELDavis, Lynn
Summary: Presents the story of how an eccentric young artist became the inventor of the first telegraph system.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Super Sandcastle, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MORCarson, 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 BAEMattern, Joanne
Summary: Brief biography of Robert Cade the inventor of Gatorade, the first sports drink.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. Co. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CADCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB MATWessels, Marcie
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"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books, an imprint of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 2020
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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 FORKraft, Betsy Harvey.
Summary: "The World's Fair in Chicago, 1893, was to be a spectacular event: architects, musicians, artists, and inventors worked on special exhibits to display the glories of their countries. But the Fair's planners wanted something really special, something on the scale of the Eiffel Tower, which had been constructed for France's fair three years earlier. At last, engineer George Ferris had an idea--a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt and Company 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 791 KRABuckley, 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 Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WRICopies 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 JOBSlader, Erik
Summary: Describes the lives of the two American brothers who designed, built, and flew the first heavier-than-air aircraft to fly successfully, detailing the many ishaps and misadventures that preceded it.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: J CD 387.7 Slader 2018Davis, 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