Ganz-Schmitt, Sue
Summary: Taking readers back to the 1850s, this high-flying STEAM picture book introduces Mary Myers, aka "Carlotta," an aeronaut and inventor whose daring flights and careful scientific work improved hot air balloons and our understanding of flight, weather patterns and the atmosphere.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MYEBarton, Chris
Summary: A cool idea with a big splash. You know the Super Soaker. It’s one of top twenty toys of all time. And it was invented entirely by accident. Trying to create a new cooling system for refrigerators and air conditioners, impressive inventor Lonnie Johnson instead created the mechanics for the iconic toy. A love for rockets, robots, inventions, and a mind for creativity began early in Lonnie...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020
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Summary: Tiny Broadwick, a teeny, uneducated mill girl, had big dreams of soaring above the earth, out of poverty, and above expectations. She became the first woman to parachute from an airplane, and her idea for the rip cord paved the way for pilots to safely escape in-flight emergencies. This thrilling biography shows how Tiny's determination, courage, adventurousness, and joy lifted her up to stand...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2023
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Summary: "As a girl coming of age during the Civil Rights Movement, Patricia Bath made it her mission to become a doctor. When obstacles like racism, poverty, and sexism threatened this goal, she persevered--brightening the world with a game-changing treatment for blindness!"--Inside book jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Innovation Press 2017
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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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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BAELarson, Kirsten W.
Summary: "Emma Lilian Todd's mind was always soaring--she loved to solve problems. Lilian tinkered and fiddled with all sorts of objects, turning dreams into useful inventions. As a child, she took apart and reassembled clocks to figure out how they worked. As an adult, typing up patents at the U.S. Patent Office, Lilian built the inventions in her mind, including many designs for flying machines....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TODFrankel, Erin
Summary: "A biography about chef José Andrés, who, through his World Central Kitchen organization, is fulfilling a vision to feed people in need all over the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ANDGuglielmo, Amy
Summary: Presents the story of Grandins "squeeze machine," describing her childhood love of building and design, as well as her sensitivities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GRAHannigan, Kate
Summary: "Celebrate the inventor of the dishwasher in this inspiring STEM/STEAM picture book biography about Josephine Garis Cochrane, the brains behind one of the world's most-used kitchen appliances."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 COCRosen, Michael
Summary: "How hungry is this squirrel? He could eat steaming rice, chocolate mice, a gingerbread man... or even a frying pan! What won’t he eat?"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROSSummary: We often think that people from a thousand years ago were living in the Dark Ages. But from the 7th century onward in Muslim civilization there were amazing advances and inventions that still influence our everyday lives. People living in the Muslim world saw what the Egyptians, Chinese, Indians, Greek, and Romans had discovered and spent the next one thousand years adding new developments and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 297.2 ONEWalstead, Alice
Summary: "The class pets escaped from their cages and are running loose in your school! Lizards, hamsters, rabbits, and birds are on the loose ... and a bearded dragon is leading the hilarious escape. Join the fun and find out if you have what it takes to catch these riotous pets on their wild field trip! Featuring an approachable school theme that kids will relate to plus cute animal characters and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Wonderland 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WALGeorge, Jennifer
Summary: The young inventor, Rube Goldberg, enlivens his day off by building incredibly complex chain-reaction machines to solve simple, everyday problems--like playing fetch with your dog in the yard without ever actually leaving your room.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GEOJones, Pip
Summary: Izzy Gizmo loves to invent but gets frustrated when her inventions fail to work properly, so when she finds a crow with a broken wing her grandfather urges her to persist until she finds a way to help.--Provided by Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE JONBalkan, Gabrielle
Summary: "A raccoon narrator embarks on a big adventure in this exciting exploration of maps for the youngest readers. Traditional maps of cities, roads, and parks are joined by some less conventional ones such as inside the body, each one methodically introduced with humor and clear explanation. A clever, colorful, and engaging first look at constructing and decoding maps."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rise x Penguin Workshop 2023
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Summary: Children attempt to catch Santa Claus as he delivers their presents on Christmas Eve.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Wonderland 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WALSalazar, Alicia
Summary: Inspired by her desire for a late night snack, Camila invents a pair of light-up slippers, which make her a star to her classmates--but get her into trouble with her parents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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Summary: Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918- ), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942- ).
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SHECopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SHECopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SHEHodgkinson, Leigh
Summary: "This little pea is hungry! So hungry it swallows a sprout, slurps up some soup, munches the bread, gobbles the cake, noshes the pickle, guzzles the cheese, drinks all the tea, and even chomps down the table it's all served on. After all that, it needs to sleep. But whose dinner did it steal? And whose mattress is the now-humongous pea resting under?"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HODTaylor, Sean
Summary: We are back in the days... when dinosaurs walked the Earth. Smallasaurus is on the hunt for some sweet and juicy ferns. But oh no! Here comes Badasaurus - a great big, meat-eating dinosaur! He's going to catch Smallasaurus and it's going to be a sad and terrible ending... or is it?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frances Lincoln Childrens Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group 2024
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Summary: A boy and his inventor mother embark on a journey to other universes in pursuit of the perfect ice cream sundae, with everything on it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: In "Marvelous Machinery" Thomas the Tank Engine and his engine friends help the Earl and his friend Ruth get ready for a fair featuring new inventions, and in "The Royal Engine" Thomas takes Sir Topham Hatt to London to meet the queen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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Summary: "Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) is a hero and trailblazer. She was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972). Written by award-winning author Lesa Cline-Ransome, here is her story"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CHIDominguez, Angela
Summary: A bilingual picture book that's sweet enough to eat about a chatty bluebird and an indecisive T. Rex who can't decide what his next meal should be, introducing readers to basic Spanish and English food vocabulary. When a bluebird comes upon a dinosaur who's down in the dumps, he asks what's wrong. "Tengo hambre!" says the dinosaur. I'm hungry! Does the dinosaur want a banana? "Platano? No."...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2022