| Title | Author | ISBN # | Description |
| A Book About Benjamin Franklin | Gross, Ruth | 0-590-33739-4 | Illustrated biography of Ben Franklin (64 pages) |
| A Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin | Adler, David | 0-590-55906-0 | This biography highlights Ben Franklin's inventions |
| Alexander Graham Bell | McLeod, Elizabeth | 0-439-13046-8 | Bell's life, experiments, inventions, and accomplishments |
| All About Electricity | Berger, Melvin | 0-590-48077-4 | Picture book explains what electricity is and how we use it |
| Always Inventing | Murphy, Frank | 0-439-32238-3 | Easy reader; true story of Thomas Edison |
| Flicker Flash | Graham, Joan | 0-395-90501-X | Illustrated shape poems about light |
| How Things Work | Scholastic Reference | 0-590-47530-4 | Encyclopedia of inventions of interest to children |
| Incredible Inventions | Griffiths, Nick | 0-439-13718-7 | Explores gadgets, devices, games, and wacky inventions |
| Inventions | Madgwick, Wendy | 0-439-35579-6 | Kingfisher question and answer book with facts and illustrations |
| Inventions, Inventors and Ingenious Ideas | Turvey, Peter | 0-531-15713-X | An illustrated history of inventions with timelines |
| Inventors from DaVinci to Biro | Reid, Struan | 0-590-62175-0 | Usborne book describes historic inventions and how they work |
| Switch on, Switch Off | Berger, Melvin | 0-06-445097-X | Picture book explains how electricity is made and how it works |
| The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin | Giblin, James | 0-439-22330-X | Illustrated biography of Ben Franklin |
| The Hatmaker's Sign | Fleming, Candace | 0-439-07179-8 | Retold version of a wise and funny Ben Franklin story |
| Toilets, Toasters, & Telephones | Rubin, Susan | 0-439-10492-0 | The how and why of everyday objects |
| Toys! Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions | Wulffson, Don | 0-439-32339-8 | How the Slinky, Lego, Silly Putty, Play Doh, etc were invented |
| What's Inside Great Inventions | Dorling Kindersley | 1-56458-220-5 | Cross sectional photographs; how things work |
| What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? | Fritz, Jean | 0-698-20543-X | Ben Franklin had lots of ideas and many inventions |