inventions

"People often look for ways to make caring for their pets easier or more effective, but only a fraction of these people actually create new products to try to achieve this. Readers of this . . . book will get an inside peek at some of the . . . pet inventions out there. While some may have been useful, others were not"--Provided by publisher.

Even Ellie's superpowers can't save her from boredom. Thinking she might cure her boredom by bringing her stuffed animal to life with her parents's latest invention, Ellie accidentally unleashes a new super-villain called Doomsday. Now she'll have to find a way to save her hometown from this new threat.

When a very important inventor needs rescuing, Freddie Ramos activates his special sneakers and becomes a superhero.

Discovering that he has been exchanging emails with a corporate spy from a rival company, seventh-grade innovator Billy Sure and his best friend set a trap to catch the culprit before he reveals Sure Things, Inc.'s valuable secrets.

Traces the impact of the railroad, improved farming tools, and new communication technologies on daily life in the United States during the 19th century.

"Upon its invention in the mid-1400s, the printing press . . . became a revolutionary device. It introduced literacy to the masses and led Europe out of the Middle Ages. This book explores the press' . . . history, the social and political conditions in place at the time Johannes Gutenberg invented it, and the changes the invention wrought afterward. It traces the evolution of moveable type and information dissemination up to modern electronic communications technology, examining the positive and negative effects of these developments, both in the past and on democracy and humankind"--Provided by publisher.

"Follow along with Garfield as he explores breakthroughs in technology, from the earliest stone tools to modern times, when silicon computer chips and GPS are commonplace. All along, Garfield adds his own funny comments on each breakthrough"--Back cover.

"A book made up of 75% truths and 25% lies, challenging kids to spot what is false in this . . . reader about inventors"--Provided by publisher.

Baron von Bubbles (Bub) is a pug who wants nothing more than to help his human Bella in her craft projects for school, though he is a little apprehensive about the rocket she is making for the Inventor Challenge--so when he ruins the rocket while trying to get at Nutz the squirrel he needs to find a way to make it up to Bella.

The DATA Set enters Dr. Bunsen's body in his newest invention, a vehicle that can shrink, to gather all the cold germs that are interfering with an important presentation he has scheduled.