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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Celebrating the inventor of the Crayola crayon! This gloriously illustrated picture book biography tells the inspiring story of Edwin Binney, the inventor of one of the world's most beloved toys. A perfect fit among favorites like The Day the Crayons Quit and Balloons Over Broadway"--
Author
Publisher
Silver Burdett Press
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Englishman who, concerned over the heavy human toll the Industrial Revolution was taking in England, left for America despite laws forbidding the emigration of textile workers, and established the American textile industry.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Born on a small farm in rural Michigan, Henry Ford’s humble beginnings were no match for his ambition. Ford quickly created a manufacturing dynasty, bringing affordable cars to the masses and forever changing America and the American workplace. Who Was Henry Ford? details his meteoric rise, and explains how the genius behind the assembly line and the Model T shaped modern American industry.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
This lively narrative explores the complex nature of a true visionary--Henry Ford--and features archival photographs from the Benson Ford Research Center and carefully selected quotes from Henry Ford himself.
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
A biography of the engineer and industrialist whose innovative methods enabled his company to build and mass-produce reliable and inexpensive automobiles and whose latter years were devoted to establishing a museum reflecting American life before the advent of machines.
9) Henry Ford
Author
Publisher
Pebble Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of the man whose Model T automobile made the gasoline powered car affordable to Americans.
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Reveals how the Scottish immigrant arrived in the United States at the height of the Industrial Revolution, made his fortune in by investing in the railroads before using his wealth to fund over 2,500 public libraries around the world.
11) Henry Ford
Author
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the man responsible for mass producing the automobile in the early part of the twentieth century.
13) Henry Ford
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Discusses the early life of Henry Ford, including his moving to the big city and his success as an inventor, engineer, and pioneer of the automobile.
14) John Deere
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces the life of John Deere, including his childhood on a Vermont farm, his work as a tanner and blacksmith apprentice, and his invention of a new, more efficient type of plow that eventually led to his founding a company and opening his own factory.
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life of the self-made millionaire who made his fortune in the steel industry and is remembered for his generous donations that built libraries, universities, and research facilities.
17) Henry Ford
Author
Publisher
Abdo Zoom
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Read this amazing biography over Henry Ford." --
