Gilbert Ford

Everyone loves chocolate chip cookies! But not everyone knows where they came from. Meet Ruth Wakefield, the talented chef and entrepreneur who started a restaurant, wrote a cookbook, and invented this delicious dessert. But just how did she do it, you ask? That's where things get messy!

2) The marvelous thing that came from a spring: the accidental invention of the toy that swept the nation

Author

Ford, Gilbert

Publisher

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

[2016]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.

Description

"With magnificent dioramic illustrations, Gilbert Ford captures the joy, creativity, and determination behind the invention of an iconic, one-of-a-kind toy: the Slinky!"--Amazon.com.

3) Following Baxter

Author

Kerley, Barbara

Formats

Description

When Professor Reese moves in next door, eleven-year-old Jordie enjoys helping her new neighbor take care of her dog and assisting in her laboratory, but she is not sure what to do when the professor goes missing.

4) The name of this book is secret

Author

Series

Secret series volume 1

Formats

Description

Two eleven-year-old misfits try to solve the mystery of a dead magician and stop the evil Dr. L and Ms. Mauvais, who are searching for the secret of immortality.

5) This isn't what it looks like

Author

Series

Secret series volume 4

Formats

Description

Cass finds herself alone and disoriented in a dream-like world, while back at home she is in the hospital in a coma with Max-Ernest desperately searching for a way to awaken her.

6) Bad magic

Author

Series

Bad books trilogy (Pseudonymous Bosch) volume 1

Pub. Date

2014.

Formats

Description

"Thirteen-year-old Clay, a boy who no longer believes in magic, tags graffiti on his classroom wall and, as punishment, is sent to a camp for wayward kids located on a volcanic island, where eccentric campmates abound, a ghost walks among the abandoned ruins of a mansion, and a dangerous force threatens to erupt with bad magic"--

7) The Ambrose deception

Author

Ecton, Emily

Formats

Description

Three Chicago students, Melissa, Wilf, and Bondi, are unlikely participants in a competition for a ten thousand-dollar scholarship, unaware that there is much more at stake.

8) If you're reading this, it's too late

Author

Series

Secret series volume 2

Publisher

Little, Brown

Pub. Date

2008

Physical Desc

385 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Description

Cass and Max-Ernest discover the Museum of Magic, unscramble more coded messages, and solve new mysteries in their attempt to thwart the Terces Society's ambitions of discovering immortality.

9) Mr. Ferris and his wheel

Author

Davis, Kathryn Gibbs

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Pub. Date

[2014]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Description

Examines how the engineer George Ferris invented and constructed the amusement park ride that bears his name for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.

10) You have to stop this

Author

Series

Secret series volume 5

Publisher

Little, Brown, and Co

Pub. Date

2011

Physical Desc

347 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Description

When a mummy disappears from the local history museum while Cass and her friends Max-Ernest and Yo-Yoji are there, they try to solve the case in order to clear their names and, they hope, discover the Secret they have been seeking.

11) This book is not good for you

Author

Series

Secret series volume 3

Publisher

Little, Brown & Co

Pub. Date

c2009

Physical Desc

394 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Description

Celebrating Women's History

Cass's mom is kidnapped by the evil dessert chef, Señor Hugo, who requests the legendary tuning fork as ransom, leading Cass and Max-Ernest to try finding the magical instrument in time.

12) Alice across America: the story of the first women's cross-country road trip

Author

Marsh, Sarah Glenn

Publisher

Henry Holt and Company

Pub. Date

[2019]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustations ; 27 cm

Appears on list

Description

"The inspiring true story of Alice Ramsey, the first woman to drive a car across America in 1909."

13) From here to there: inventions that changed the way the world moves

Author

Kirkfield, Vivian

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

2021.

Physical Desc

93 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Appears on list

Science Books for Kids

Description

"Celebrating the invention of vehicles, this collective biography tells the inspiring stories of the visionaries who changed the way we move through air, water, and land. Perfect for fans of Mistakes that Worked and Girls Think of Everything"--

14) Soldier song: a true story of the Civil War

Author

Levy, Debbie

Publisher

Disney Hyperion

Pub. Date

2017.

Physical Desc

62 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 28 cm

Description

Provides an account of the important role of songs in rallying Union and Confederate troops during the American Civil War.

15) Rotten!: vultures, beetles, slime, and nature's other decomposers

Author

Sanchez, Anita

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

[2019]

Physical Desc

83 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Description

Describes the process of decomposition, discussing the role of decomposers such as sharks, vultures, and earthworms, and includes experiments demonstrating how decomposition supports new life.

16) 12 Days of New York

Author

Bolden, Tonya

Description