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From Here to There: Inventions That Changed The Way The World Moves
Vivian Kirkfield
Illustrator: Gilbert Ford
Ages: 9+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 978-1-328-56091-9
Keywords: inventors, transportation, visionary, persistence, dedication
Vision and persistence lead to such mobility-related inventions as the bicycle, steam engine, and the industrial robot. Watercolor/digital illustrations. Timeline, Source Notes, Bibiography.