inventions

"The story of how Harry Coover accidentally invented super glue"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the history of the Industrial Revolution in Britain and showcases 100 of the most world-changing and important inventions to come out of it, from 1700 to 1860. Includes photographs, sketches, and blueprints for inventions ranging from the Portland Observatory and the steam hammer to the pedal bicycle and the Croton distributing reservoir.

"Meet Ruby and Bear Foot. They're running out of time to rescue their inventor dad from his hideous boss Wendy Wedge. She'll do anything to win the glitzy Golden Shoe award and knows that entering flying shoes is her hot ticket to the trophy. Flying shoes that Ruby and Bear just happen to be hiding... This can only mean one thing. It's... shoe wars!"--OCLC.

Ellie Ultra, third-grade superhero, is running for class president, and her opposition is her nemesis, Dex Diggs, who has got his hands on a wish machine--so when Ellie gets a glimpse of what would happen if Dex wins, she knows this is a fight for the soul and future of Winkopolis Elementary School.

Superhero Ellie Ultra is given the responsibility of caring for Squeak, the class hamster, for the weekend, which is exciting, but also a little worrying, especially since her dog, Super Fluffy, is too interested in the hamster for comfort--but when she accidentally shrinks herself down to three inches tall Ellie discovers that, even for a superhero, pet sitting is a lot harder when you are no bigger than your pet.

Ellie is looking foreword to making new friends at Camp Hero, but her cabinmates, the Winter twins, whose power is to freeze things, do not seems to want to play with her, so Ellie uses her parents' latest invention to make them friendly--but it backfires when the twins start fighting each other over who Ellie likes best, and Ellie realizes that forcing someone to like you is not really cool.

"When the Invention Hunters, a group of globe-trotting invention collectors, visit a construction site in their flying museum, a boy helps them by explaining how simple machines like levers, pulleys, and cranks work"--Provided by publisher.

"When the Invention Hunters, a group of globe-trotting invention collectors, visit a school in their flying museum, a student helps them by explaining how common concepts related to light, like refraction, magnification, and reflection, and objects, like cameras and televisions, work"--Provided by publisher.

"Bob introduces his pug puppies Bingo and Rolly to A.R.F., a robotic dog that is supposed to clean up after them, but things do not go according to plan"--OCLC.

"When Mary Shelley is kidnapped by a mad scientist, Nikki Tesla and the other members of the Genius Academy team are forced to agree to steal a priceless, lethal high-tech ring in order to free her; but Nikki also plans to use the heist to get closer to her long-lost father who claims he is not the criminal mastermind she believes him to be"--OCLC.