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Author
Series
Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 10
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
When their detective father asks them to play burglar in order to protect a client's valuable invention from thieves, the Hardy boys find themselves involved in a large and dangerous conspiracy.
Author
Series
Microsaurs volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Professor Penrod sends Danny and Lin a mysterious package filled with biting, scratching microsaurs hungry enough to chew through walls, along with a very large microsaur egg.
43) I can build it!
Author
Series
Princess Truly (An Acorn Book) volume 3
Language
English
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National Hobby Month - Children
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Storytime @ Home: I Can Do It
Women's History - Children
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Storytime @ Home: I Can Do It
Women's History - Children
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Description
In rhyming text Princess Truly, super girl, uses her magic curls to build things, including a bike for her brother, who has outgrown his old one, and a super snack machine.--
44) On the dog
Author
Series
Andrew lost volume 1
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old Andrew invents a shrinking machine, he does not expect to be sucked into the machine along with his cousin Judy, only to end up in a dog's nose.
46) Jabari tries
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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DeSTEMber - Children
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Storytime @ Home: I Can Do It
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Storytime @ Home: I Can Do It
Description
"Jabari is inventing a machine that will fly all the way across the yard! But making it go from CRASH to WHOOSH will take grit, patience, and maybe even a little help from his sister"--Provided by publisher.
48) Dirty magic
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
After his little sister Hannah becomes mortally ill, ten-year-old Joe follows a shadowy figure to the war-torn land of Asphodel, a mysterious and dangerous world of dying children, where he entrusts himself to a devious blind guide, faces ruthless killing machines, and discovers a shocking truth about himself.
49) In the kitchen
Author
Series
Andrew lost volume 3
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
After being shrunk by a shrinking machine, Alexander, his cousin Judy, and Thudd the robot encounter drain flies, a cockroach, and worse as they work their way through Mrs. Scuttle's house toward safety.
Author
Series
Benji Franklin kid zillionaire volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Benji Franklin's problem-solving skills are put to the test when he is asked to find a way to stop an asteroid that is headed right for Earth.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rewritten for a new audience, this compilation of two separately published works tells the story of Benji Franklin, a twelve-year-old genius who becomes an overnight zillionaire after writing a computer application that generates excuses--and soon discovers that a lot of people want him to solve their problems.
52) Under water
Author
Series
Andrew lost volume 5
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Andrew, his cousin Judy, and Thudd the robot accidentally set off in Uncle Al's latest invention, a Volkswagen Beetle converted for deep sea exploration, and try to prevent the evil Soggy Bob from taking a rare ocean creature.
54) In the garbage
Author
Series
Andrew lost volume 13
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Andrew, his cousin Judy, and Thudd the robot wind up at a garbage dump when Andrew's latest invention, the Goa Constrictor, shrinks them to the size of beetles and swallows them.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 95
Language
English
Formats
Description
The children are competing in an invention convention held in the home of a famous inventor known for her one-of-a-kind clocks, and it appears that the clock-bongs aren't the only noises at midnight, as something else is also making a mysterious tapping sound.
Author
Series
Creature Department novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Elliot Von Doppler and his friend Leslie think nothing ever happens in Bickleburgh, except inside the gleaming headquarters of DENKi-3000--the world's eighth-largest electronics factory. When Uncle Archie vanishes, it's up to Elliot, Leslie, and every one of the unusual 'employees' to create an invention so astonishing it will save the Creature Department"--
Author
Series
101 ways to bug-- series volume 2
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Steve "Sneeze" Wyatt attempts to thwart his parents' plan to have him skip eighth grade, but he has bigger problems when his friends disapprove of his new list and Mrs. "Fierce" Pierce threatens to keep him from the Invention Convention.
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
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Description
Once a month--every week in the summer--Steve the electrician dons special gear and, with the help of youngsters who live in his building, dives into a dumpster seeking useful objects that they can transform into imaginative new ones.
Author
Series
Zapato Power volume 5
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"When a freak spring blizzard buries Starwood Park, Freddie works with Mr. Vaslov to clear the sidewalks using a new invention--Zapato Power snowshoes. But not even the snow can stop a thief from causing trouble in the neighborhood. Can Freddie solve the case, even if it means helping Erika, the Starwood Park bully?"--
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