Advanced Recommended Book Search Interested in books we counted for our annual diversity statistics? See the Diversity Statistics Book Search. See our Recommended Book Search Guide and Video Tutorial for tips. Keyword search allows asterisk (*) for wildcard (end of word only, e.g. immigra*) and double quoted (") phrase matching. Build your own search by adding up to 5 segments. Use the filters in the gray bar to further refine your search. Clear Filters Title Author/Contributor Subject Keyword And Or Title Author/Contributor Subject Keyword And Or Title Author/Contributor Subject Keyword And Or Title Author/Contributor Subject Keyword And Or Title Author/Contributor Subject Keyword Additional Filters open additional filters close additional filters Ages Babies/Toddlers (birth – 3) PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7) Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10) Grades 6-8 (Ages 11-13) Grades 9-12 (Age 14 and older) Diversity Subject Arab Asian Black/African Brown Skin Unspecified Indigenous Latinx Middle East Multicultural General Pacific Islander Christian Jewish Muslim Other Religion Gender Nonconformity LGBTQ Character/Topic LGBTQ Family LGBTQ Innuendo LGBTQ Non-Fiction Cognitive/Neurological Disability/Condition Physical Disability/Condition Psychiatric Disability/Condition Contributor Arab Asian BIPOC Unspecified Black/African Indigenous Latinx Middle East Multiracial Pacific Islander White LGBTQ Christian Jewish Muslim Other Religion Cognitive/Neurological Disability/Condition Physical Disability/Condition Psychiatric Disability/Condition Content Type Fictional narratives (may include picture book stories, easy readers, novels, graphic novels) Informational books (formats may include picture books, easy readers, graphic novels, substantial narrative non-fiction) Concept Book Poetry Format Board book Picture book Easy Reader Novel Short Stories Graphic Novel Poetry Substantial Narrative Non-Fiction Biography, Autobiography and Memoir Publication Year From (YYYY) To (YYYY) Wisconsin Wisconsin author Wisconsin illustrator Wisconsin setting Wisconsin subject/interest Search Subject: Inventing and Inventors Remove Filter 1 2 3 4 5 Next > Action! How Movies Began by Meghan McCarthy Illustrated by Meghan McCarthy Publishers: Paula Wiseman Books, Simon & Schuster, 2022 Pages: 48 ISBN: 9781534452305 CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 7-11 CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, McCarthy Add To My List Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer by Diane Stanley Illustrated by Jessie Hartland Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2016 Pages: 40 ISBN: 9781481452496 CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 6-10 CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Lovelace Add To My List Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade by Melissa Sweet Illustrated by Melissa Sweet Publishers: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Houghton Mifflin , 2011 Pages: 32 ISBN: 9780547199450 CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 6-10 CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 791 Sweet Add To My List Becoming Ben Franklin: How a Candle-Maker’s Son Helped Light the Flame of Liberty by Russell Freedman Publisher: Holiday House, 2013 Pages: 86 ISBN: 9780823423743 CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 9-13 CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Franklin Add To My List Ben Franklin's Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's Life by Candace Fleming Publishers: Atheneum, Anne Schwartz Book, 2003 Pages: 120 ISBN: 0689835493 CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 10 and older CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Franklin Add To My List Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin Publishers: Roaring Brook, Flash Point, 2012 Pages: 266 ISBN: 9781596434875 CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 13 and older CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 623 Sheinkin Add To My List The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer Illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon Publisher: Dial, 2012 Pages: 32 ISBN: 9780803735118 CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-9 CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 621 Kamkwamba Add To My List The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer Illustrated by Anna Hymas Publisher: Dial, 2015 Pages: 293 ISBN: 9780803740808 CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 12 and older CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Kamkwamba Add To My List Breakthrough! How Three People Saved “Blue Babies” and Changed Medicine Forever by Jim Murphy Publisher: Clarion, 2015 Pages: 129 ISBN: 9780547821832 CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 13 and older CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 617 Murphy Add To My List Doll-E 1.0 by Shanda McCloskey Illustrated by Shanda McCloskey Publisher: Little, Brown, 2018 Pages: 32 ISBN: 9780316510318 CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-8 CCBC Location: Picture Book, McCloskey Add To My List 1 2 3 4 5 Next >