Izzy Gizmo loves to invent, and she's just been invited to Technoff Isle's Invention Convention. The creator of the best machine will win coveted admittance to the Genius Guild. But with fearsome competitor, Abi von Lavish, getting the best of Izzy at every turn, how will she ever come up with a plan to take first place? A follow-up to the beloved original, Izzy Gizmo returns (together with Grandpa and her crow friend, Fixer).

This fascinating biography tells the story of famous actress Hedy Lamarr, a trailblazer in both the world of science and film, who developed the technology that formed the basis of WiFi and Bluetooth used today.

Tom Swift and his friends at the Swift Academy work together to retrieve a drone that was taken by the custodian, Mr. Conway, who they believe is a notorious hacker.

Once upon a time in a castle high on a hill lived an inventor whose greatest creation was named Edward. Although Edward had an irresistible charm, he wasn't quite perfect. The inventor's sudden death left him unfinished, with sharp shears of metal for hands. Edward lived alone in the darkness until one day a kind Avon Lady took him home to live with her family. And so began Edward's fantastic adventures in a pastel paradise known as Suburbia.

Waking up to discover that his parents have turned his house into a flying machine and entered a race around the country, W.B. Baron is given the chance to be a hero when his house is hijacked by Rose Blackwood.

A mysterious postcard leads Lisa and Nilly from Oslo to Paris in search of Doctor Proctor but, once there, all they find of their missing friend is a time-traveling bathtub powered by a special soap and several sinister individuals determined to do all they can to locate the eccentric inventor.

This engaging biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great--the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. Each book tells the story of an icon in a lively, conversational way that works well for the youngest nonfiction readers. At the back are an excellent timeline and photos. This volume features Founding Father and scientist Benjamin Franklin.

The fifth graders of Liberty Falls Elementary have a reputation for trouble, but they still have a field trip to the mansion of Edward Minks (local inventor, founder of the town, and great-great-great grandfather of fifth-grader Eddie). While there, they search for secret inventions that are rumored to be hidden in the mansion--but they find that they are not the only ones searching, and somehow this class of trouble-makers must work together to thwart...

"Thomas Edison famously said, "I have not failed 10,000 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work." In this book, you will read about 10 inventors and their inventions that stemmed from a mistake. Making mistakes doesn't mean you failed ... it means you made something totally new! Inventors included in this...