The boy who harnessed the wind by Kamkwamba, William (#0532HZ2)

FollettBound Glued — Puffin Books, 2015
Price: USD 17.16

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Dewey: 621.4; Audience: Middle School; Reading Level: 6.2
AR 5.8 MG 9 171666EN; RC 5.6 15; LEX 860L; F&P P
From the publisher: Age 10
From Booklist: Grades 5-8; Kirkus: Ages 11-16; SLJ: Gr 4-7

Tags: Africa Biography Energy Inventions Memoir Narrative Nonfiction STEM

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Electrical wizard : how Nikola Tesla lit up the world (Candlewick Biographies) by Rusch, Elizabeth (#0520YX1)

FollettBound Sewn — Candlewick Press, 2015
Price: USD 14.56

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Dewey: 621.3; Audience: Upper Elementary; Reading Level: 5.3
AR 5.3 LG .5 162951EN; LEX 840L; GR S; F&P S
From the publisher: Grades 3-7; Ages 8-12
From Booklist: Grades 3-5; Kirkus: Ages 7-10; SLJ: Gr 2-5

Tags: Biography Electricity Inventions Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books for Older Readers

What color is my world? : the lost history of African-American inventors by Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem (#0572QK7)

FollettBound Sewn — Candlewick Press, 2013
Price: USD 15.36

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Dewey: -Fic-; Audience: Upper Elementary; Reading Level: 6.1
AR 6.1 MG 2 148988EN; RC 5.7 5; LEX 880L; F&P U
From the publisher: Grades 3-7; Ages 8-12
From Booklist: Grades 3-6; Kirkus: Ages 8-12; PW: Ages 8-12; SLJ: Gr 4-7

Tags: African American Historical Fiction Inventions

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Hooray for inventors! by Williams, Marcia (#0704ZJ8)

Paperback — Candlewick Press, 2013
Price: USD 7.94

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Dewey: 609.2; Audience: Upper Elementary; Reading Level: 6.1
AR 6.1 MG 1 103951EN; GR W; F&P W
From the publisher: Grades 3-7; Ages 8-12
From Booklist: Grades 3-5; Kirkus: Ages 7-9; SLJ: Gr 3-6

Tags: Inventions

A history of just about everything : 180 events, people and inventions that changed the world by MacLeod, Elizabeth (#0571AK4)

Hardcover — Kids Can Press, 2013
Price: USD 20.23

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Dewey: 909; Audience: Upper Elementary; Reading Level: 7.4
AR 7.7 MG 8 168751EN; LEX 1020L
From the publisher: Grades 3-7; Ages 8-12
From Booklist: Grades 4-8; Kirkus: Ages 9-12; SLJ: Gr 4-6

Tags: Includes Timelines Inventions World History

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100 inventions that made history : brilliant breakthroughs that shaped our world by Turner, Tracey (#0803DL2)

Hardcover — DK Publishing, 2014
Price: USD 16.74

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Dewey: 600; Audience: Upper Elementary; Reading Level: 6.5
LEX IG1120L
From the publisher: Grades 2-5; Ages 7-10

Tags: Inventions STEM