>Sue says:
Our local school is moving from a Winter/Spring Science and Invention Fair to holding it in November! This reminds me that our libraries might need some new books to pique the interest of kids and parents!
Take a look at some of these, which will appear on our next collaborative bookmark with the Schenectady Museum!
- Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor by Emily Arnold McCully
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The Real McCoy: The Life of an African American Inventor, by Wendy Towle
- George Crum and the Saratoga Chip by Gaylia Taylor, illustrated by Frank Morrison
- First to Fly: How Wilbur and Orville Wright Invented the Airplane by Peter Busby and David Craig
- Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing by James Rumford
- So You Want to Be an Inventor? by Judith St. George, illustrated by David Small
- How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning by Rosalyn Schanzer
- The Story of Kites by Yink Chang Compestine, illustrated by YongSheng Xuan
AND, Check out these Series:
- Discover the Life of an Inventor – Rourke Publishing
- Inventors and Creators – KidHaven Press
- The Inventors’ Specials – Devine Entertainment (dvd)
- Inventions that Shaped the World – Franklin Watts
- Major Inventions Through History – Twenty-First Century Books
(Source: LibrarySparks, Jan 2007)
