America at the Turn of the 19th Century

Orville and Wilbur Wright: Pioneers of the Age of Flight by Diane Dakers

Perhaps no two people in history exemplify the spirit of invention better than brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright. Born in the Midwest in the late 1800s, Orville was exceptionally good at creating mechanical devices, and Wilbur had a genius for ideas...

The Panama Canal by Rebecca Stefoff

This title explores and explains how the Panama Canal was built. The canal's construction is described in terms of the engineering process. The book explores why the canal was built and describes the design stages and technologies used during...

The Invention of the Airplane by Julie L Sinclair

Explore the history and development of the airplane and find out how an airplane works. Learn about the inventors who helped influence the invention of the airplane.

You Wouldn’t Want to Be on the First Flying Machine! by Ian Graham

Orville and Wilbur Wright are only bicycle mechanics in Dayton, Ohio, but they have a dream. They plan to flynot in a balloon or a glider, but in an airplane made of wood and cloth, powered by its own engine. Most people dont believe this is possible; do...

Inventing the Electric Light by Lisa Mullins

Inventing the Electric Light tells the story of how early scientists experimented with the newly discovered energy called electricity to create light. Young readers will be fascinated to learn what light sources people used before electricity was...

George Washington Carver by Tonya Bolden

This book reveals what an exceptionally uncommon man George Washington Carver was: trailblazing scholar, innovative scientist, pioneering conservationist, and impassioned educator. It follows his life from slave and orphan to his college days as the...

War, Cattle, and Cowboys: Texas as a Young State by Heather E Schwartz

After Texas joined the United States in 1845, Texas began to form its own identity. This new identity centered on the rise of the Texas cattle industry and the growing legend of the Texas cowboy. Readers will discover what cowboy life was like in the...

Black Frontiers: A History of African American Heroes in the Old West by Lillian Schilissel

From an informative text by expert Lillian Schlissel, young readers can learn about amazing contributions that African Americans made to the settling of the Old West, and see vintage photos of black Americans both at work and at home.

What Is the Panama Canal? by Janet B Pascal

Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of...

The Panama Canal by Peter Benoit

In 1881, French developers began an attempt to build a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Thirty-three years later, the project was finally completed by U.S. workers, changing shipping and travel routes forever. Readers will learn about the...