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The Most Magnificent Thing (Most Magnificent, 1)
by (shelved 34 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.28 — 9,045 ratings — published 2014
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,297 ratings — published 2016
The Crayon Man: the True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.37 — 2,249 ratings — published 2019
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.26 — 2,131 ratings — published 2014
Rosie Revere, Engineer (The Questioneers (Picture Books) #2)
by (shelved 17 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.46 — 13,036 ratings — published 2013
Pop!: The Invention of Bubble Gum (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as inventions)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,359 ratings — published 2010
Papa's Mechanical Fish (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as inventions)
avg rating 3.92 — 988 ratings — published 2013
The Boo-Boos That Changed the World: A True Story about an Accidental Invention (Really!)
by (shelved 15 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,092 ratings — published
The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.22 — 191,016 ratings — published 2007
Jabari Tries (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,069 ratings — published 2020
Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.29 — 2,110 ratings — published 2016
Cleonardo, The Little Inventor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as inventions)
avg rating 3.65 — 314 ratings — published 2016
Ben Franklin's Big Splash: The Mostly True Story of His First Invention (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as inventions)
avg rating 3.93 — 482 ratings — published
Earmuffs for Everyone!: How Chester Greenwood Became Known as the Inventor of Earmuffs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as inventions)
avg rating 3.59 — 631 ratings — published 2015
At Home: A Short History of Private Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as inventions)
avg rating 3.99 — 99,666 ratings — published 2010
Izzy Gizmo and the Invention Convention (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.07 — 215 ratings — published
Marvelous Mattie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.08 — 437 ratings — published 2006
Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,389 ratings — published 2000
Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,179 ratings — published 2006
The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan: Inventor, Entrepreneur, Hero (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.33 — 220 ratings — published 2019
Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,536 ratings — published 2019
The Marvelous Thing That Came from a Spring: The Accidental Invention of the Toy That Swept the Nation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.06 — 512 ratings — published 2016
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.24 — 12,206 ratings — published 2009
Awesome Dawson (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as inventions)
avg rating 3.43 — 317 ratings — published 2013
The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as inventions)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,715 ratings — published 2009
Sweet Dreams, Sarah: From Slavery to Inventor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.42 — 323 ratings — published 2019
How to Build a Hug: Temple Grandin and Her Amazing Squeeze Machine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.27 — 581 ratings — published 2018
Izzy Gizmo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.22 — 702 ratings — published 2017
Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,298 ratings — published 2017
Ticktock Banneker's Clock (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.01 — 152 ratings — published
The Wright Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.18 — 100,299 ratings — published 2015
The Secret Subway (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,071 ratings — published 2016
It's Only Stanley (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,078 ratings — published 2015
The Extraordinary Mr. Qwerty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as inventions)
avg rating 3.29 — 207 ratings — published 2013
What Do You Do With an Idea? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.47 — 10,515 ratings — published 2014
Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.06 — 905 ratings — published 1991
Timeless Thomas: How Thomas Edison Changed Our Lives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.01 — 319 ratings — published 2012
The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as inventions)
avg rating 3.90 — 595 ratings — published 2009
Erno Rubik and His Magic Cube (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.30 — 444 ratings — published 2024
Blips on a Screen: How Ralph Baer Invented TV Video Gaming and Launched a Worldwide Obsession (Library Binding)
by (shelved 5 times as inventions)
avg rating 3.95 — 358 ratings — published
The Boy Who Invented the Popsicle: The Cool Science Behind Frank Epperson's Famous Frozen Treat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.18 — 337 ratings — published 2014
Samuel Morse, That's Who!: The Story of the Telegraph and Morse Code (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as inventions)
avg rating 3.87 — 168 ratings — published 2019
Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.34 — 831 ratings — published 2018
Guitar Genius: How Les Paul Engineered the Solid-Body Electric Guitar and Rocked the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.38 — 260 ratings — published
Melia and Jo: A Picture Book About Friendship, the Arts, and the Magic of STEAM for Children (Ages 4-7)
by (shelved 5 times as inventions)
avg rating 3.77 — 289 ratings — published
Pass Go and Collect $200: The Real Story of How Monopoly Was Invented (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,018 ratings — published 2018
Doll-E 1.0 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.00 — 635 ratings — published 2018
Bertha Takes a Drive: How the Benz Automobile Changed the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.11 — 79 ratings — published
Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as inventions)
avg rating 3.18 — 3,430 ratings — published 2011
Ada Byron Lovelace & the Thinking Machine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as inventions)
avg rating 4.19 — 804 ratings — published 2015
“ ‘The onboard computer just wants to say a few words before we leave.’
The speakers in the cabin crackled into life. ‘Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to welcome you on-board the presidential shuttle for tonight’s illicit flight, Alfa Bravo Charlie. I would just like to say it’s a pleasure to meet you all and thank you so much for coming here tonight to steal me. To be honest I don’t get out much these days so this is something of a special occasion.’
‘It will be for us too if we get caught,’ Semilla said sardonically.”
― Our Blue Orange
The speakers in the cabin crackled into life. ‘Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to welcome you on-board the presidential shuttle for tonight’s illicit flight, Alfa Bravo Charlie. I would just like to say it’s a pleasure to meet you all and thank you so much for coming here tonight to steal me. To be honest I don’t get out much these days so this is something of a special occasion.’
‘It will be for us too if we get caught,’ Semilla said sardonically.”
― Our Blue Orange
“That new technologies and techniques would be forthcoming was a fundamental article of Christian faith. Hence, no bishops or theologians denounced clocks or sailing ships--although both were condemned on religious grounds in various non-Western societies. ”
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