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The Marvelous Thing That Came from a Spring: The Accidental Invention of the Toy That Swept the Nation

10 best books like The Marvelous Thing That Came from a Spring: The Accidental Invention of the Toy That Swept the Nation (Gilbert Ford): Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery, Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams, Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race, Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, Gingerbread for Liberty!: How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution, Mr. Ferris and His Wheel, Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain, The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs: The Story of Ken Nedimyer and the Coral Restoration Foundation (Environmental Science for Kids, The Environment and You for Kids, Conservation for Kids), The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid, Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines

Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery
AuthorSandra Neil Wallace
ISBN1481443879
Discover the true story of NFL star Ernie Barnes—a boy who followed his dreams and became one of the most influential artists of his generations—with this beautifully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

When Ernie Barnes was growing up in North Carolina in the 1940s, he loved to draw....
Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams
AuthorLesa Cline-Ransome
An ALA Notable Book

“This lovingly crafted picture book biography centers on the incredible bond between Venus and Serena Williams…An important selection for biography and sports collections.” —School Library Journal (starred review)

“Will appeal to children and...
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
AuthorMargot Lee Shetterly
ISBN0062742469
Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really good.

They participated in some of NASA's greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America's first journeys into space. And they did so during a time when being black and a...
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
AuthorSusan Hood
ISBN1481430955
From award-winning author Susan Hood and illustrator Sally Wern Comport comes the extraordinary true tale of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, an orchestra made up of children playing instruments built from recycled trash.

Ada Ríos grew up in Cateura, a small town in Paraguay built on...
Gingerbread for Liberty!: How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution
AuthorMara Rockliff
ISBN0544130014
Christopher Ludwick was a German-born American patriot with a big heart and a talent for baking. When cries of “Revolution!” began, Christopher was determined to help General George Washington and his hungry troops. Not with muskets or cannons, but with gingerbread!
     Cheerfully...
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel
AuthorKathryn Gibbs Davis
ISBN0547959222
Capturing an engineer’s creative vision and mind for detail, this fully illustrated picture book biography sheds light on how the American inventor George Ferris defied gravity and seemingly impossible odds to invent the world’s most iconic amusement park attraction, the Ferris wheel.
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Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain
AuthorCheryl Bardoe
ISBN0316394289
The true story of eighteenth-century mathematician Sophie Germain, who solved the unsolvable to achieve her dream.

When her parents took away her candles to keep their young daughter from studying math...nothing stopped Sophie. When a professor discovered that the homework sent to him...
The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs: The Story of Ken Nedimyer and the Coral Restoration Foundation (Environmental Science for Kids, The Environment and You for Kids, Conservation for Kids)
AuthorKate Messner
ISBN1452133506
All it takes is one:
One coral gamete to start a colony
One person to make a difference
One idea to change the world

The ongoing efforts to save and rebuild the world's coral reefs--with hammer and glue, and grafts of newly grown coral--are the living legacy of Ken Nedimyer.

Kate...
The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid
AuthorJeanette Winter
A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2017
Parents’ Choice Recommended

Get to know Zaha Hadid in this nonfiction picture book about the famed architect’s life and her triumph over adversity from celebrated author-illustrator Jeanette Winter.

Zaha Hadid grew up...
Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines
AuthorJeanne Walker Harvey
As a child, Maya Lin loved to study the spaces around her. She explored the forest in her backyard, observing woodland creatures, and used her house as a model to build tiny towns out of paper and scraps. The daughter of a clay artist and a poet, Maya grew up with art and learned to think with her hands as well...
Dorothea's Eyes: Dorothea Lange Photographs the Truth
AuthorBarb Rosenstock
After a childhood bout of polio left her with a limp, all Dorothea Lange wanted to do was disappear. But this desire not to be seen helped her learn how to blend into the background and observe others acutely. With a passion for the artistic life, and in spite of her family’s disapproval, Dorothea pursued...
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
AuthorDuncan Tonatiuh
ISBN1419716476
A picture book biography of José Guadalupe (Lupe) Posada (1852–1913). In a country that was not known for freedom of speech, he first drew political cartoons, much to the amusement of the local population but not the politicians. He continued to draw cartoons throughout much of his life, but he is...
Ada's Ideas: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World's First Computer Programmer
AuthorFiona Robinson
Ada Lovelace (1815–1852) was the daughter of Lord Byron, a poet, and Anna Isabella Milbanke, a mathematician. Her parents separated when she was young, and her mother insisted on a logic-focused education, rejecting Byron’s “mad” love of poetry. But Ada remained fascinated with her father...
The House That Jane Built: A Story about Jane Addams
AuthorTanya Lee Stone
ISBN0805090495
I really admire Jane Addams. For a semester in college (in-between majoring in English literature and psychology) I took classes in sociology and studied her in depth. I either learned more from this book, or more likely relearned some of what I learned back then. She was a remarkable woman.

This...
Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber
AuthorSue Macy
ISBN1481401203
From beloved author Sue Macy comes an illustrated biography of Mary Garber, one of the first female sports journalists in American history!

While sitting in the bleachers of a Soap Box Derby in the 1950s, Mary Garber overheard two African-American boys in the following exchange: “See that...
Crossing Niagara: The Death-Defying Tightrope Adventures of the Great Blondin
AuthorMatt Tavares
ISBN0763668230
Applaud Matt Tavares’s latest feat — a gripping tale of real-life daredevilry perfectly balanced by stunning illustrations.

"Monsieur Blondin is to cross Niagara Falls this afternoon, or perish in the attempt." — Troy Daily Times, June 30, 1859

When the Great Blondin announced...
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
AuthorChris Barton
ISBN1580892973
A cool idea with a big splash.

You know the Super Soaker. It’s one of top twenty toys of all time. And it was invented entirely by accident. Trying to create a new cooling system for refrigerators and air conditioners, impressive inventor Lonnie Johnson instead created the mechanics for the...
Balderdash!: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children's Books (Nonfiction Books for Kids, Early Elementary History Books)
AuthorMichelle Markel
ISBN0811879224
This rollicking and fascinating picture book biography chronicles the life of the first pioneer of children's books—John Newbery himself. While most children's books in the 18th century contained lessons and rules, John Newbery imagined them overflowing with entertaining stories, science,...
Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille
AuthorJen Bryant
ISBN0449813371
An inspiring picture-book biography of Louis Braille—a blind boy so determined to read that he invented his own alphabet.
 
Louis Braille was just five years old when he lost his sight. He was a clever boy, determined to live like everyone else, and what he wanted more than anything was to...
Earmuffs for Everyone!: How Chester Greenwood Became Known as the Inventor of Earmuffs
AuthorMeghan Mccarthy
As a young boy, Chester Greenwood went from having cold ears to becoming a great inventor in this nonfiction picture book from the acclaimed author-illustrator of Pop! and Daredevil.

When your ears are cold, you can wear earmuffs, but that wasn’t true for Chester Greenwood back in 1873....
Fancy Party Gowns: The Story of Ann Cole Lowe
AuthorDeborah Blumenthal
As soon as Ann Cole Lowe could walk, her momma and grandma taught her to sew. When her mom died, Ann continued sewing dresses. It wasn't easy, especially when she went to design school and had to learn alone, segregated from the rest of the class. But the work she did set her spirit soaring, as evidenced in...
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