These non-fiction picture books about inventors are the perfect inspiration for kids who love to tinker, build, and have grand plans to change the world!

My middle child is an inventor. I could say “He wants to be an inventor,” but the truth is that he already is one. He has a mind that is constantly whirring with ideas and hands that are constantly building and tinkering with whatever happens to be nearby. Sticks, cardboard boxes, Lego bricks…he’s not picky. He’s a bit of a hoarder, in truth, and he has claimed the closet under the stairs in our basement as his “lab.”
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