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Humorous one-page illustrated stories featuring the Minions, told primarily without words.

Benji Franklin is the world's go-to genius. He's already saved the planet twice before, and now he's at it again. With the help of his extraordinary problem-solving skills (and a solid gold submarine), he'll be busy stopping dangerous underwater earthquakes and catching outer-space cyber criminals! But with balancing saving the world and doing his homework, are there some problems too challenging for even the Kid Zillionaire?.

Examines stories of inventors and their inventions or ideas from throughout human history and how they have changed human history for the better, such as Marconi's radio, Edwin L. Drake's search for oil deep underground, and Louis Pasteur's germ theory. Highlights how the "enlightened contemporaries" of these inventors' days tended to proclaim their ideas could not be done, and were routinely proven wrong.

Traces the life of Alexander Graham Bell, from his early childhood and education through his sources of inspiration and challenges faced, early successes, and the invention for which he is best known, the telephone.

"Details the life and work of Thomas Edison, who developed the electric light bulb and over 1000 patents for other inventions and innovations"--Provided by publisher.