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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Mattie Knight loved to make things ranging from a foot warmer for her mother or toys for her older brothers. Or, when she was 12, a metal guard to prevent shuttles from shooting off looms and hurting workers. Later, Mattie invented a machine that could cut and glue the square-bottomed paper bags we still use today. Meet the woman known as "the Lady Edison."
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Sarah E. Goode was one of the first African-American women to get a US patent. Working in her furniture store, she recognized a need for a multi-use bed and through hard work, ingenuity, and determination, invented her unique cupboard bed. She built more than a piece of furniture. She built a life far away from slavery, a life where her sweet dreams could come true."--Amazon.com
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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This is the story of how Les Paul created the world's first solid- body electric guitar, countless other inventions that changed modern music, and one truly epic career in rock and roll. How to make a microphone? A broomstick, a cinderblock, a telephone, a radio. How to make an electric guitar? A record player's arm, a speaker, some tape. How to make a legendary inventor? A few tools, a lot of curiosity, and an endless faith in what is possible. Featuring...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the builder of board games, Milton Bradley. Follow the story from Bradley's childhood, his early entrepreneurial work creating and selling stationery, his drafting education at Harvard, his first business creating and selling lithographs, and how these experiences came together when he formed the Milton Bradley Company and created the Game of Life. Bradley's family, retirement, and work producing...
12) Thomas Edison
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Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life of Thomas Edison, who invented the light bulb, the phonograph, and moving pictures.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Lena Blackburne loved baseball. He watched it, played it, he coached it. But he didn't love the ways players broke in new baseballs. Tired of soggy, blackened, stinky baseballs, he found a better way. Thanks to a well-timed fishing trip and a top-secret mud recipe, Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud was born. For seventy-five years, baseball teams have used Lena's magic mud to prepare baseballs before every game.
15) Thomas Edison
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Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Highlights the life and accomplishments of the inventor of the phonograph, the electric light bulb, and many other devices.
16) Thomas Edison
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Readers will explore the life and times of historic figures in the History Makers: Past and Present series. Each book features a remarkable individual who has left their mark in history, exploring key life events, influences and inspirations, how they overcame obstacles, and their achievements and successes"--
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