Did You Know: Carrots Like Peas: and other fun facts
by Hannah Eliot
Pokemon Designer: Satoshi Tajiri (Toy Trailblazers)
by Paige V Polinsky
What Would It Take to Build a Deflector Shield? (Sci-Fi Tech)
by Roberta Baxter
In science fiction, deflector shields protect ships, bases, and even planets from enemy attack. How could a protective space that absorbs energy from weapons be created? Scientists have some ideas, which include using lasers. Discover the science and technology behind what it would take to make a real-life deflector shield!
John Deere, That's Who!
by Tracy Nelson Maurer; illustrated by Tim Zeltner
A lyrical biography of the eccentric engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla “An elegant and enlightening look at a man who brightened the whole world.” –Booklist, starred review 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 encomp...
Kid Engineer: Working with Materials (Kid Engineer)
by Sonya Newland
Discover the world of engineering with fun, step-by-step projects.Kid-Engineer is the perfect introduction to the topic for budding young engineers. Each book focuses on one of the key engineering disciplines, breaking it down to make it interesting and accessible for young readers. Simple step-by-step activities bring the learning to life and encourage readers to develop their own engineering and design skills.Great reading for aspiring engineers aged 8 and above.Other titles in the series incl...
The electrifying biography of innovative scientist Benjamin Franklin is the perfect addition to this outstanding series! Benjamin Franklin is a famous colonial inventor and multitasker who may be best remembered as one of America’s Founding Fathers. But he was also a “natural philosopher” (the term for scientists back in the 1700s), whose experiments led to important discoveries about the nature of electricity—including his famous demonstration that electricity and lightning were one and the sam...
Read all about the Wright Brothers, find out about their childhoods and follow their early tests and experiments. Learn all about the brothers' first flight and see how their invention changed the world. A simple fun picture quiz helps readers to recall what they have read. A perfect one-stop-shop for help with homework assignments! Broad-ranging appeal for nursery age through to Key Stage 2.
Real Science Experiments (Real Science Experiments for Kids)
by Jessica Harris
Acupuncture, gun powder and the secrets to spinning silk are innovations that we have come to associate with China. But did you know that the Chinese also invented the umbrella? And toilet paper, initially made from rice straw clumped together, was first used in China! Through the ages, the Chinese have used the resources available to them to improve their lives. Their development of the compass and the paddleboat helped facilitate the often difficult tasks of travel and trade, and many foods a...
Discover the inspiring story of Augustus Jackson, an African American entrepreneur who is known as "the father of ice cream," in this beautifully illustrated picture-book biography. Augustus Jackson was born in 1808 in Philadelphia. While most African Americans were enslaved at that time, in Pennsylvania, slavery was against the law. But while Augustus and his family were free, they were poor, and they depended on their garden and their chickens for food. Augustus enjoyed helping his mom prepar...
How to Design the World's Best Bike (How to Design the World's Best)
by Paul Mason
Imagine someone gave you a sackful of money and told you to build a bike. You'd definitely want it to be the best bike in the world. But how do you go about designing THAT? Armed with your own imagination and some smart research, find out how you can transform a fantasy design into an actual dream product. You'll apply real-world design considerations to your ideas, refining your design to make it workable and achievable as it takes shape.
Meet Dr. Wu Lien-teh, defeater of the Manchurian plague—in a story authored by his great-granddaughter, an emergency physician who relied on his life-saving invention during a pandemic a century later. More than a hundred years before Covid, a deadly pneumonic plague threatened to sweep through Northeast China. Medical experts were summoned to help contain it—among them Wu Lien-teh, who had overcome hurdles to be a doctor since his boyhood in Malaysia. Unlike others, Dr. Wu deduced the disease...
Machines (Discovery LTF)
Lift the flaps to discover how mega machines work, from fighter jets to your games console! Find out what really goes on inside robots, submarines and spaceships, with unbelievable facts and detailed drawings that show you every detail of some of humankind's most incredible inventions.
Trailblazers: 33 Women in Science Who Changed the World
by Rachel Swaby
Florence Nightingale. Sally Ride. Ada Lovelace. These names and others are etched in history and included here as part of an awe-inspiring collection of profiles of thirty-three of the most influential women in science—women whose vision, creativity, passion, and dedication have changed the world.Aspiring scientists, young history enthusiasts, and children who enjoy learning about the world will be fascinated by these riveting snapshots—and parents who enjoyed the film Hidden Figures will find t...
Trailblazers: 33 Women in Science Who Changed the World
by Rachel Swaby
Florence Nightingale. Sally Ride. Ada Lovelace. These names and others are etched in history and included here as part of an awe-inspiring collection of profiles of thirty-three of the most influential women in science—women whose vision, creativity, passion, and dedication have changed the world.Aspiring scientists, young history enthusiasts, and children who enjoy learning about the world will be fascinated by these riveting snapshots—and parents who enjoyed the film Hidden Figures will find t...
A spectacular gift book for children interested in how things work.This beautifully engineered glimpse into the world and works of Leonardo da Vinci is a spectacular 3-D celebration of one of the world’s most creative minds. Presented as if it were the master’s previously undiscovered private journal, it recreates his original notes, drawings and astonishing inventions.
Benjamin Franklin (Giants of Science, #7) (Giants of Science (Viking Hardcover))
by Kathleen Krull
Inventions and Discovery Samuel Morse and the Telegraph
by David Seidman
Stem Scientists and Inventors Rachel Carson a 4D Book
by Lisa M Bolt Simons
It’s colorful! It’s gooey! It’s gross! It’s your little one’s new favorite icky activity (and maybe yours, too)! It’s SLIME! Included within this book are step-by-step instructions and recipes so that you can make your own slime right at home. The book features fifteen slime projects to teach you how to create all different types of slime, including holiday-themed slimes using glitter glue and different colorings! Also included are lists of what supplies you’ll need for each project as well a...