What child doesn't love to hold a crayon in their hands?  But children didn't always have such...

This book covers fascinating origin stories of 60 every-day items that were invented by accident; that is, the inventor did not expect to make the product when the product was discovered.

Joe and Bob Switzer were very different brothers. Bob was a studious planner who wanted to grow up...

Hugo, an orphan, thief, and clock keeper, lives alone in the walls of a Paris train station. When he...

As a young boy, Lonnie was always building things, from bamboo shooters to rockets—he even built a...

What can you do with a bunch of rowdy college boys in the winter when it’s cold outside? John...

As they fix up their new house, Herbie and his sister discover how many things that we use every day...