Ten-year old Ben Franklin finds working in his father's candle shop boring--he'd much rather be doing experiments. With nothing but a simple kite, can Ben get across the pond--without swimming a single stroke?

"Flying cars are real! This book for young readers combines history, biography, technology, and humor in a breezy survey of hybrid vehicles and the dream of flight that kept inventors at work despite many failures and the dictates of common sense"--

"Born at the stroke of midnight during a lightning storm, Nikola Tesla grew up to become one of the most important electrical inventors in the world. But before working with electricity, he was a child who loved playing with the animals on his family's farm in Serbia. An inventor since childhood, Tesla's patents encompassed everything from radar and remote-control technology to wireless communications. But his greatest invention was the AC induction...

The story of the life of the famous inventor of the electric light bulb.

Presents the life story of Ben Franklin, one of the authors of America's Declaration of Independence, who is also remembered as a craftsman, scientist, printer, and writer.