Monica Kulling
Author
Publisher
Tundra books, a division of Random House of Canada Limited
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Mr. Dash is delivering Madam Croissant's cupcakes and all is well until Daphne, Madam Croissant's ill-mannered niece, appears and the baking world is turned upside down.
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A portrait of the inventor of the Zamboni ice-resurfacing machine recounts how the co-owner of a 1940s skating rink spent nine years designing and building machines that he hoped could safely and quickly shave down pits and grooves on ice.
Author
Series
Publisher
Tundra Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Shares the inspirational story of African-American inventor Garrett Morgan, whose incredible safety hood became a forerunner to the gas masks that saved thousands of soldiers during World War I.
Author
Series
Publisher
Tundra Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides an account of the life and accomplishments of the efficiency expert, the first woman elected to the National Academy of Engineering, and the first female psychologist to have a postage stamp issued in her honor.
Author
Series
Great idea volume 1
Publisher
Tundra Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Tundra Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Elijah McCoy's dreams led him to study mechanical engineering in Scotland, but when he returned to the United States the only job he could get as an African American was shoveling coal into a train's firebox. He went on to invent a means of oiling the engine while the train was running, changing the face of travel around the world.