Great Fiction & Nonfiction Books
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Clink
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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From the Good Mountain: How Gutenberg Changed the World
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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If I Built a Car
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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If I Built a House
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Polo: The Runaway Book
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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The Most Magnificent Thing
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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What Do You Do With an Idea?
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Young Frank, Architect
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Clever-Lazy
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Electrical Wizard: How Nikola Tesla Lit Up the World
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Energy Island: How One Community Harnessed the Wind and Changed their World
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Hurricane
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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I, Galileo
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Iggy Peck's Big Project Book for Amazing Architects
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Iggy Peck, Architect
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Imaginative Inventions
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Lewis Latimer: The Man Behind a Better Light Bulb
Age Level: 6-9 years old
![cover of "Marvelous Maddie" cover of "Marvelous Maddie" showing young girl surrounded by sketches of inventions](https://www.startwithabook.org/sites/default/files/styles/books/public/book/marvelous_mattie.jpg?itok=bUQFCA1n)
Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Marveltown
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Mr. Ferris and His Wheel
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Nature Did It First: Engineering Through Biomimicry
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Papa's Mechanical Fish
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum
Age Level: 6-9 years old
![cover of "House of Inventions" cover of "House of Inventions" showing a house with items on the wall, like a saw, a lawnmower, and a clock](https://www.startwithabook.org/sites/default/files/styles/books/public/book/house_of_inventions.jpg?itok=PsVo9J70)
Pop-Up House of Inventions: Hundreds of Fabulous Facts About Your Home
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Regards to the Man in the Moon
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Rosie Revere's Big Project Book for Bold Engineers
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Rosie Revere, Engineer
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Snowflake Bentley
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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So You Want to Be an Inventor?
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak: Geek Heroes Who Put the Personal in Computers
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Sweet Dreams, Sarah
Age Level: 6-9 years old
![cover of The Bluest of Blues illustrated cover of The Bluest of Blues showing a young girl outside and everything is in shades of blue and white, except red flowers.](https://www.startwithabook.org/sites/default/files/styles/books/public/book/bluest-blues.jpg?itok=R7kY6BJl)
The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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The Fabulous Flying Machines of Alberto Santos-Dumont
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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The Girl With a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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The Hole Story of the Doughnut
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Ticktock Banneker's Clock
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Weird & Wacky Inventions
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Beastly Bionics: Rad Robots, Brilliant Biomimicry, and Incredible Inventions Inspired by Nature
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Beauty and the Beak: How Science, Technology, and a 3D-Printed Beak Rescued a Bald Eagle
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Black Pioneers of Science and Invention
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Crossing on Time: Steam Engines, Fast Ships, and a Journey to the New World
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Curious Jane: Science + Design + Engineering for Inquisitive Girls
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Generation Fix: Young Ideas for a Better World
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Hooray For Inventors!
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Mistakes that Worked
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Robot: DK Eyewitness Books
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Robotics: Discover the Science and Technology of the Future
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Tesla’s Attic
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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The Kid Who Invented the Popsicle
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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The Kids' Invention Book
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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The Next Wave: The Quest to Harness the Power of the Oceans
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Toys! Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors
Age Level: 9-12 years old