We are always hearing about the Next Big Thing. Whether it is a new iPhone or the New World, the freshest and newest inventions, discoveries, and fads loom large in the public mind. The impact that everyone thinks these "next big things" will have is often more important than the actual impact it generates. After all, if it fails, it will be almost immediately forgotten. The Next Big Thing searches through 3,000 years of Western culture to find the colorful and key steps (and missteps) that led...
Book 082: Ben's Engineering Project (Science and Engineering Leveled Readers)
Space Discoveries (21st Century Skills Library: Mission: Mars)
by Mari Bolte
Gary and the Great Inventors (Gary and the Great Inventors, #1)
by Akura Marshall
This book is a call to action for children everywhere. The effects of pollution, global warming and the destruction of our planet have never been so visible or measurable. The book introduces and explains the massive global problems that need to be addressed Now and is packed with 101 smart, practical and fun things kids can do to make their homes, schools and neighbourhoods more environmentally friendly. Cool, cutting-edge and humorous, You Can Save The Planet empowers kids to make a real diffe...
Do You Like Experimenting with Stem? (21st Century Skills Library: Career Clues for Kids)
by Diane Lindsey Reeves
A Kid's Book of Experiments with Time (Surprising Science Experiments)
by Robert Gardner
Mae Carol Jemison: Astronaut and Educator (Women in Science)
by Iemima Ploscariu
E-Commerce (21st Century Skills Innovation Library: Disruptors in Tech)
by Breanne Lacamera
The Unexpected Light of Thomas Alva Edison (Turnabout Tales)
by Raymond Arroyo
From New York Times bestselling author and news anchor Raymond Arroyo comes the first book in the Turnabout Tales series—a picture book biography of one of America’s most famous inventors, Thomas Alva Edison, and a story about never giving up. No one thought much of young Thomas Alva Edison. He couldn’t focus at school and caused trouble around the house. But where others saw a distracted and mischievous boy, his mother saw imagination and curiosity. At only seven years old, Al, as he was calle...
Stopping Bullets with a Thread (Genius at Work! Great Inventor Biographies)
Who Invented Television? Philo Farnsworth (I Like Inventors!)
by Mary Kay Carson
"Learn about Philo Farnsworth, and see how he invented tv"--Provided by publisher.
Louis Pasteur (Inventors Who Changed the World)
Shinoy and the Chaos Crew: What is a robot? (Collins Big Cat)
Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available. Part of the Shinoy and the Chaos Crew non-fiction series, this information book ties into The Day of the Dodgy Doubles. Find out the...