Biographies of Famous Makers Throughout History

Since the beginning of time, humans have constantly been "making". The book titles below explore some of the most famous and revolutionary makers throughout history. 

Books for Elementary School Readers

• Who Was? Series. Includes Titles about:
  • Leonardo da Vinci
  • Thomas Alva Edison
  • Charles Darwin
  • Albert Einstein
  • Marie Curie
  • Milton Hershey
  • The Wright Brothers
• Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer
• Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code
• ​Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions​
• Marvelous Mattie 
• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Picture Book Edition

Books for Middle School Readers

• Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women. Includes stories about:  Ruth Wakefield, Mary Anderson, Stephanie Kwolek, Bette Nesmith Graham, Patsy O. Sherman, Ann Moore, Grace Murray Hopper, Margaret E. Knight, Jeanne Lee Crews, and Valerie L. Thomas, as well as young inventors ten-year-old Becky Schroeder and eleven-year-old Alexia Abernathy.​
• ​The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin
• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Young Reader's Edition

Books for High School Readers

• Leonardo da Vinci​
• ​Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
• Alexander Graham Bell: A Life From Beginning to End
• ​The Wright Brothers
• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
• Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different: A Biography​​
• Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future