Goldie Blox works with her friends to complete three dares in time for her beloved Gran's 77th birthday--

Frankie does not believe in leprechauns, but her best friend, Maya, claims that there is one living in her backyard; so Frankie builds a leprechaun trap to prove her point--but soon begins to doubt the validity of her own experiment.

With the school career fair coming up young Wanda needs to decide what she wants to be, but as she considers the suggestions of her parents and teachers, she realizes that what she really wants is to invent better ways to do things.

"Fenna Vos has learned to focus on her own survival-even now, with the Second World War raging in faraway countries. She works on-stage as the assistant to an unruly escape artist-behind the curtain as the mastermind of their act. After all, her honed ability to control her surroundings and elude entrapments, physical or otherwise, reliably suppresses the trauma and tragedy of her youth. For all her calculations, however, Fenna neglects to foresee...

In his Grandpa Al's garage workshop, child genius Frank Einstein tries to invent a robot that can learn on its own, and after an accident brings wisecracking Klink and overly expressive Klank to life, they set about helping Frank perfect his Antimatter Motor until his archnemesis, T. Edison, steals the robots for his doomsday plan.

From the ranging curiosity of Leonardo da Vinci to the dedication and sacrifice of Marie Curie, Inventors Who Changed the World is a young child's first introduction to the brilliant people who taught us the meaning of perseverance and innovation. Simple text and illustrations tell the contributions of nine renowned inventors from around the world.

Thirteen-year-old twins Herbie and Ella learn the stories of unsung African American inventors.

A brief biography of the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.

"Over the centuries, women, people from underrepresented communities, and immigrants overcame prejudices and social obstacles to make . . . discoveries in science--but they weren't the ones to receive credit in history books. People with more power, money, and prestige were remembered as the inventor of the telephone, the scientists who decoded the structure of DNA, and the doctor who discovered the cause of yellow fever. This book aims to set the...

Set in a surreal Paris, Duris plays wealthy bachelor Colin, whose hobbies include developing his pianocktail (a cocktail-making piano) and devouring otherworldly dishes prepared by his trusty chef Nicolas. At a party, Colin meets Chlo ǎnd, before they know it, they're plunging headfirst into a romance that is tested when an unusual illness plagues Chlo.̌