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This is a list of inspirational picture books for children about the life or work of scientists/engineers/inventors.
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Me... Jane
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Patrick McDonnell (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 13,702 ratings
score: 767,
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The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos
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4.19 avg rating — 3,248 ratings
score: 591,
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Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian
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3.90 avg rating — 713 ratings
score: 537,
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The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever
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4.20 avg rating — 3,152 ratings
score: 491,
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Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell
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Tanya Lee Stone (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 2,191 ratings
score: 394,
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4 people voted
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Snowflake Bentley
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4.13 avg rating — 16,446 ratings
score: 385,
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Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau
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Jennifer Berne (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 1,863 ratings
score: 383,
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4 people voted
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The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps
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4.11 avg rating — 2,880 ratings
score: 370,
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4 people voted
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Seeds of Change: Wangari's Gift to the World
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Jen Cullerton Johnson (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 732 ratings
score: 354,
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4 people voted
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Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas
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4.23 avg rating — 496 ratings
score: 330,
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On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein
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Jennifer Berne (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 5,909 ratings
score: 288,
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The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau
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4.12 avg rating — 1,172 ratings
score: 282,
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Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein
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3.81 avg rating — 785 ratings
score: 280,
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The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon
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4.17 avg rating — 974 ratings
score: 272,
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Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle
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4.08 avg rating — 1,070 ratings
score: 266,
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Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin
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4.23 avg rating — 1,160 ratings
score: 262,
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Marvelous Mattie
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4.07 avg rating — 437 ratings
score: 262,
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3 people voted
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Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai
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4.23 avg rating — 788 ratings
score: 251,
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3 people voted
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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William Kamkwamba (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 11,373 ratings
score: 249,
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3 people voted
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Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa
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4.33 avg rating — 1,314 ratings
score: 248,
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Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World
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4.07 avg rating — 513 ratings
score: 246,
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Look Up!: The Story of the First Woman Astronomer
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3.85 avg rating — 389 ratings
score: 238,
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3 people voted
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Clever Hans: The True Story of the Counting, Adding, and Time-Telling Horse
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Kerri Kokias (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 153 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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The Fabulous Flying Machines of Alberto Santos-Dumont
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Victoria Griffith (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 219 ratings
score: 199,
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2 people voted
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The Librarian Who Measured the Earth
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4.20 avg rating — 1,354 ratings
score: 192,
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2 people voted
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Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei (Caldecott Honor Book)
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3.97 avg rating — 1,474 ratings
score: 188,
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2 people voted
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One Beetle Too Many: The Extraordinary Adventures of Charles Darwin
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4.01 avg rating — 302 ratings
score: 188,
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2 people voted
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Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci
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Joseph D'Agnese (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 619 ratings
score: 188,
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2 people voted
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Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist
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Jess Keating (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 3,273 ratings
score: 184,
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2 people voted
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The Tree of Life: Charles Darwin
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4.13 avg rating — 519 ratings
score: 176,
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Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci
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4.01 avg rating — 328 ratings
score: 164,
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2 people voted
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Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya
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Donna Jo Napoli (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 1,037 ratings
score: 162,
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I, Galileo
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4.03 avg rating — 326 ratings
score: 158,
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Shark Lady: True Adventures of Eugenie Clark
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4.06 avg rating — 506 ratings
score: 154,
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The First Woman Doctor
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3.93 avg rating — 337 ratings
score: 140,
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2 people voted
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Ada Byron Lovelace & the Thinking Machine
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Laurie Wallmark (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 800 ratings
score: 129,
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2 people voted
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Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean: Remembering Chinese Scientist Pu Zhelong's Work for Sustainable Farming (Tilbury House Nature Books)
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4.40 avg rating — 80 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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What's Your Angle, Pythagoras?
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4.17 avg rating — 431 ratings
score: 100,
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The Boy Whose Head Was Filled With Stars: A Story About Edwin Hubble
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Isabelle Marinov (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 294 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Thomas Alva Edison: Bringer of Light
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2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 100,
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Darwin's Super-Pooping Worm Spectacular
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Polly Owen (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 264 ratings
score: 100,
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Marie Curie: Pioneer Physicist
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 99,
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Benjamin Franklin
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4.29 avg rating — 1,975 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science
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4.32 avg rating — 2,047 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Darwin: With Glimpses into His Private Journal and Letters
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3.87 avg rating — 114 ratings
score: 97,
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Evelyn the Adventurous Entomologist: The True Story of a World-Traveling Bug Hunter
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Christine Evans (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 219 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Caroline's Comets: A True Story
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3.81 avg rating — 383 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees
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4.27 avg rating — 697 ratings
score: 96,
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Louis Pasteur: Enemy of Disease
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4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 96,
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Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor
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Robert Burleigh (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 804 ratings
score: 95,
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Jacques Cousteau: Man of the Oceans
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3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
score: 95,
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Barnum's Bones: How Barnum Brown Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World
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4.01 avg rating — 1,089 ratings
score: 94,
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History VIPs: Mary Anning
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4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 94,
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The Lord God Made a World (Read-N-Sing Bible Stories Series)
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score: 94,
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Young Thomas Edison
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3.94 avg rating — 111 ratings
score: 93,
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Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer
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Traci Sorell (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 743 ratings
score: 93,
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God's my friend
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it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 93,
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Joy to the World: Jesus Is Born
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3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 92,
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I am Jane Goodall
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Brad Meltzer (Goodreads Author)
4.49 avg rating — 1,201 ratings
score: 92,
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Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos
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4.12 avg rating — 1,536 ratings
score: 91,
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Amazing Grace, Lord Jesus Lives (Read-N-Sing Bible Stories Series)
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Swimming with Sharks: The Daring Discoveries of Eugenie Clark
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Heather Lang (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 448 ratings
score: 90,
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Elizabeth Blackwell: First Woman Doctor
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4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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John Muir: Man of the Wild Places
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3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Heavens Above
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Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
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4.01 avg rating — 635 ratings
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Timeless Thomas: How Thomas Edison Changed Our Lives
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4.01 avg rating — 312 ratings
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Reaching for the Moon
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Buzz Aldrin (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 399 ratings
score: 80,
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One Giant Leap: The Story of Neil Armstrong
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3.70 avg rating — 158 ratings
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Mrs. Harkness and the Panda
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3.94 avg rating — 751 ratings
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Seed by Seed: The Legend and Legacy of John "Appleseed" Chapman
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score: 73,
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The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors
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Chris Barton (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 1,712 ratings
score: 69,
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The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth
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3.90 avg rating — 590 ratings
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The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families
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4.17 avg rating — 440 ratings
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I Am Sacajawea, I Am York: Our Journey West with Lewis and Clark
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Higgins Bond (Illustrator)
3.89 avg rating — 47 ratings
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What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?
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3.89 avg rating — 1,199 ratings
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The Value of Believing in Yourself: The Story of Louis Pasteur
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4.33 avg rating — 630 ratings
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A Picture Book of Thomas Alva Edison (Picture Book Biography)
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3.78 avg rating — 67 ratings
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Leonardo da Vinci
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3.99 avg rating — 368 ratings
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Thomas Edison: Young Inventor
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3.84 avg rating — 341 ratings
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Isaac Newton
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Papa's Mechanical Fish
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Candace Fleming (Goodreads Author)
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Albie's First Word: A Tale Inspired by Albert Einstein's Childhood
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Jacqueline Tourville (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 266 ratings
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Alfred Nobel: The Man Behind the Peace Prize
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