Inventors

** "Inventors" by Philip Gengembre Hubert is a book looking at the lives and work of inventors and is full of historical stories written in the 1800s. It shares the origins, dreams, and difficult times of inventors, explaining how their ideas changed the world. The book uses stories and lessons to highlight important people like Benjamin Franklin and Eli Whitney, showing how they helped technology and society move forward. The preface talks about the sacrifices inventors often made and how they worked hard to get where they were. It starts the story with Benjamin Franklin, pointing out his curiosity and many ideas like the lightning rod and stove, as well as giving a small peak into the stories of other inventors that we will come to learn about later in the book. **