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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 4-7 Grade

Genre/Category
History | Nonfiction | Science | Technology

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Year of the Horseless Carriage: 1801

The Year of the Horseless Carriage: 1801, presents the dawn of the 19th century with all its brilliant advancements in transportation, communication, and technology. While the world of technology is progressing rapidly, human rights and liberty are variously being trampled or rising. The megalomaniac Napoleon is proclaiming “liberty, equality, and fraternity” to a war-weary Europe, Jefferson is contemplating the largest land purchase in the history of the world, and Toussaint L’Ouverture is fighting for liberty in Haiti. Robert Livingston, Robert Fulton, Richard Trevithick, Beethoven, Lewis and Clark, Sacajawea, and Dolley Madison are all playing their parts. In this memorable retelling, youthful readers will come to appreciate why Foster was convinced that “history is drama.”

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Lexile/Reading Level
GN580L

Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin (Inventions and Discovery)

Tells the story of how Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, and the effects it had on the Southern United States. Written in graphic-novel format.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 1-6 Grade

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Biographies | Nonfiction | Technology

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Story of Eli Whitney

Newbery Award-winning author tells the story of the man whose inventive genius made cotton king in America and in the world. Eli Whitney transformed the textile industry with his invention of the cotton gin; and he revolutionized the manufacturing process around the world with his creation of standardized parts.

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Recommended for 3-6 Grade

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Nonfiction | Science

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Usborne Science Encyclopedia

This freshly updated book will introduce you to the whole field of science, from physics, chemistry, biology, information technology, Earth sciences and astronomy. New fields such as genetic engineering nanotechnology, telecommunications and the preservation of planet Earth.

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Lexile/Reading Level
1210L Recommended for 5-9 Grades

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Nonfiction | Picture Books | Science | Technology

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Mill

The mills at Wicksbridge are imaginary, but their planning, construction, and operation are quite typical of mills developed in New England throughout the nineteenth century.

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Lexile/Reading Level
1180L

Way Things Work

From Levers To Lasers, Cars To Computers- A Visual Guide To The World Of Machines.

A comprehensive, instructive and entertaining reference book for readers of all ages. From hologram to hovercraft, parachute to parking meter, a prize-winning author’s brilliantly conceived guide to the principles and workings of hundreds of machines.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 5-8 Grades

Steam Engine (Great Inventions)

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The book also does a great job of explaining the history of the steam engine, from its first creation to its replacement by other engine types, as well as giving a basic summary of how steam engines work.Half the book is rather beautiful pictures that show significant engines, trains, ships, and people in the story, so the book is only about 45 pages of actual text.

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