Search Results You are viewing: Subject Search for inventors - biographySort By Age Sort By Author Sort By Availability Sort By Dewey Sort By Media, Author, Title Sort By Price Sort By Pub. Year Sort by Relevance,Author Sort by Relevance,Title Sort By Stoplight Sort By Title Sort by Language Display 10 items Display 15 items Display 20 items Display 25 items Display 30 items Display 35 items Display 40 items Display 45 items Display 50 items 1 each from this page1 each from all results 11 total titles found Page 1 of 1 View page of 1 1 Simply add a title by clicking the . * Your Discounted Price Boardwalk babies by Moss, Marissa BTSB Prebound(Creston Books, 2021)Publication Date: 03/02/2021 BTSB #: 661612 Available Dewey: 618.9201/BAges: 6-8 Lexile: 810 Genres: Subjects: Couney, Martin,|d1870-1950 Budin, P.|q(Pierre),|d1846-1907 Physicians - Biography Inventors - Biography Incubators (Pediatrics) Infants Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) Summary: In the late 19th century, there wasn't much hope for premature babies until Dr. Couney developed the incubator. The device was so new and strange, hospitals rejected it. So Dr. Couney set up a sideshow at Coney Island, taking care of the tiniest newborns as part of a display to convince the public that incubators worked. Thousands of babies grew into healthy children as Boardwalk Babies, including Dr. Couney's own premature daughter. Many of those babies came back as adults to thank the doctor. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.78 * 0.00 +- Flip! : how the frisbee took flight by Muirhead, Margaret BTSB Prebound(Charlesbridge, 2021)Publication Date: 04/27/2021 BTSB #: 663338 Available Dewey: 796.2/BAges: 4-8 AR: 4.4 LG F&P: T Genres: Subjects: Morrison, Walter Frederick Morrison, Lucie Flying discs (Game) Inventors - Biography Inventions Summary: Fred Morrison is credited with inventing this classic toy, but for centuries folks have been flipping for flying discs. For more than twenty years, Fred and his wife, Lu, tried and failed to perfect a flying-disc concept. Eventually they created what we know today as the Frisbee. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.08 * 0.00 +- Gizmos, gadgets, and guitars : the story of Leo Fender by Mahin, Michael BTSB Prebound(Holt, 2021)Publication Date: 08/17/2021 BTSB #: 596881 Available Dewey: 787.87/BAges: 4-8 Lexile: 840 Genres: Subjects: Fender, Leo,|d1909-1991 Electric guitar makers - United States - Biography Inventors - Biography Technological innovations Summary: A picture book biography of American inventor Leo Fender, best known for creating the world's most iconic electric guitar. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 24.48 * 0.00 +- Leonardo da Vinci [DK Life Stories]by Krensky, Stephen BTSB Prebound(DK, 2020)Publication Date: 02/25/2020 BTSB #: 532900 Available Dewey: 709/BAges: 8-12 Lexile: 1060 F&P: W Genres: Subjects: Leonardo, - da Vinci,|d1452-1519 Painters - Biography Inventors - Biography Engineers - Biography Summary: The inspiring story of Leonardo da Vinci, the remarkable artist, inventor, and engineer of the Italian Renaissance. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 15.49 * 0.00 +- Download a Teacher's Guide Lion Lights : my invention that made peace with lions by Turere, Richard BTSB Prebound(Tilbury House, 2022)Publication Date: 08/02/2022 BTSB #: 893706 Available Dewey: 333.95/AAges: 6-8 AR: 3.7 LG Genres: Subjects: Turere, Richard,|d2000- Herders - Biography Cattle Inventors - Biography Lions Kenya - Biography Summary: This is Richard Turere's true story of growing up on a farm in Kenya. Richard's challenge was to protect his cows from the lions who prowled the night. Richard noticed that lions stayed away when he was outside with a flashlight. At age 12, using salvaged electrical components, he surrounded the stockade with blinking lights, and the lions stayed away! His Lion Lights are now used on three continents to protect farm animals from harmful predators. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.76 * 0.00 +- Magic ramen : the story of Momofuku Ando by Wang, Andrea BTSB Prebound(Little Bee Books, 2019)Publication Date: 03/05/2019 BTSB #: 919416 Available Dewey: 641.82/BAges: 4-8 AR: 3.3 LG Lexile: 590 AD F&P: P Genres: Subjects: Ando, Momofuku,|d1910-2007 Ramen - Japan - History Inventors - Biography Summary: Every day, Ando Momofuku would retire to his lab--a little shed in his backyard. For years, he'd dreamed about making a new kind of ramen noodle soup that was quick, convenient, and tasty to feed the hungry people he'd seen in line for a bowl on the black market following World War II. "Peace follows from a full stomach," he believed. Day after day, Ando experimented. Night after night, he failed. But Ando kept experimenting. With persistence, creativity, and a little inspiration, Ando succeeded. This is the true story behind one of the world's most popular foods. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.78 * 0.00 +- Secret garden of George Washington Carver by Barretta, Gene BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2020)Publication Date: 01/07/2020 BTSB #: 093682 Available Dewey: 630/BAges: 4-8 AR: 4.5 LG Lexile: 800 Genres: Subjects: Carver, George Washington,|d1864?-1943 Gardens African American agriculturists - Biography Agriculturists - Biography Inventors - Biography Summary: The inspirational story of George Washington Carver and his childhood secret garden. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.78 * 0.00 +- Secret garden of George Washington Carver by Barretta, Gene Paperback(HarperCollins, 2020)Publication Date: 02/07/2023 BTSB #: 093683 Available Dewey: 630/BAges: 4-8 AR: 4.5 LG Lexile: 800 Genres: Subjects: Carver, George Washington,|d1864?-1943 Gardens African American agriculturists - Biography Agriculturists - Biography Inventors - Biography Summary: The inspirational story of George Washington Carver and his childhood secret garden that led him to become a celebrated botanist, scientist, and inventor. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 8.19 * 0.00 +- Super sticky mistake by Donald, Alison BTSB Prebound(Maverick, 2020)Publication Date: 09/01/2020 BTSB #: 285836 Available Dewey: 668.3/BAges: 4-8 Genres: Subjects: Coover, Harry Wesley, - Jr.,|d1917-2011 Glue Chemists - Biography Scientists - Biography Inventors - Biography Inventions Summary: A fun story about the scientist, Harry Coover, who accidentally discovered super glue! Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.08 * 0.00 +- Who was Levi Strauss? [Who HQ]by Labrecque, Ellen Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2021)Publication Date: 03/09/2021 BTSB #: 536442 Temp OS Dewey: 338/BAges: 8-12 AR: 6 MG Lexile: 930 F&P: T Genres: Subjects: Strauss, Levi,|d1829-1902 Inventors - Biography Inventions Jeans (Clothing) Immigrants Jews Summary: Follows the remarkable journey of American businessman Levi Strauss, and takes a look at how one man and a pair of pants changed fashion and the world forever. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 5.73 * 0.00 +- Who was Levi Strauss? [Who HQ]by Labrecque, Ellen BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2021)Publication Date: 03/09/2021 BTSB #: 536451 Available Dewey: 338/BAges: 8-12 AR: 6 MG Lexile: 930 F&P: T Genres: Subjects: Strauss, Levi,|d1829-1902 Inventors - Biography Inventions Jeans (Clothing) Immigrants Jews Summary: Follows the remarkable journey of American businessman Levi Strauss, and takes a look at how one man and a pair of pants changed fashion and the world forever. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 15.94 * 0.00 +- * Your Discounted Price You can't see me! I am INVISIBLE! 11 total titles found Page 1 of 1 View page of 1 1 1 each from this page1 each from all results You are viewing: Subject Search for inventors - biographySort By Age Sort By Author Sort By Availability Sort By Dewey Sort By Media, Author, Title Sort By Price Sort By Pub. 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