These are the biographies of inventors already in our home library that we’ll be using for our study this semester. Unfortunately, many (most?) of these are out of print. All the more reason to snatch up great books when you find them!
Mary Jo
BIOGRAPHIES
Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick
Archimedes and His Wonderful Discoveries by Arthur Jonas
Alexander Graham Bell by Leonard Everett Fisher
Alexander Graham Bell by Richard Tames
Out of Silence, Into Sound: The Life of Alexander Graham Bell by Roger Burlingame
Marie Curie and the Discovery of Radium by Ann E. Steinke
Click! A Story about George Eastman by Barbara Mitchell
The Boys’ Life of Edison by William H. Meadowcroft
Thomas A. Edison, Young Inventor (COFA) by Sue Guthridge
The Story of Thomas Alva Edison (Landmark) by Margaret Cousins
Albert Einstein: Young Thinker (COFA) by Marie Hammontree
Michael Faraday: Father of Electronics by Charles Ludwig
Henry Ford: Young Man with Ideas (COFA) by Hazel B. Aird & Catherine Ruddiman
Along Came the Model T: How Henry Ford Put the World on Wheels by Robert Quackenbush
Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by Robert Lawson
Robert Fulton and the Steamboat (Landmark) by Ralph Nading Hill
Robert Fulton, Boy Craftsman (COFA) by Marguerite Henry
Watt Got You Started, Mr. Fulton? by Robert Quackenbush
Boat Builder by Clara Ingram Judson
Galileo for Kids: His Life and Ideas by Richard Panchyk
Fine Print: A Story about Johann Gutenberg by Joann Johansen Burch
Ink on His Fingers by Louise A. Vernon
Gutenberg’s Gift: A Book Lover’s Pop-Up Book by Nancy Willard
Johann Gutenberg and the Amazing Printing Press by Bruce Koscielniak
Marconi, Pioneer of Radio by Douglas Coe
Quick, Annie, Give Me a Catchy Line: A Story of Samuel F. B. Morse by Robert Quackenbush
Isaac Newton, Mastermind of Modern Science (Immortals of Science) by David C. Knight
The Ocean of Truth: The Story of Sir Isaac Newton by Joyce McPherson
J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Atomic Story by J. Alvin Kugelmass
Discoverer of X-Ray: William Conrad Rontgen by Arnulf K. Esterer
Ernest Rutherford: Architect of the Atom by Peter Kelman and A. Harris Stone
Eli Whitney by Jean Lee Latham
The Wright Brothers: Pioneers of American Aviation (Landmark) by Quentin Reynolds
Wilbur and Orville Wright: Young Fliers (COFA) by Augusta Stevenson
The Wright Brothers for Kids by Mary Kay Carson
Taking Flight: The Story of the Wright Brothers by Stephen Krensky
Thanks Mary Jo! I look forward to finding some of these for the kids.