Great Innovators by StoryBots

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Perfecting the electric light bulb wasn't easy. But Thomas Edison had the patience and determination to succeed! The StoryBots are curious little creatures who live beneath our screens, offering a world of learning and fun for kids. Watch the Emmy Award-winning “Ask the StoryBots” now on Netflix → https://www.netflix.com/title/80108159 Get our collection of StoryBots learning books from Random House → https://sbot.co/StoryBotsBooks FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/storybots TWITTER: www.twitter.com/storybots INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/storybots LYRICS: One gloomy night in Menlo Park, Tom Edison said, "Gee, it's dark!" But then he had a brilliant thought. Electric lights would help a lot! Now others too had tried their best To build a bulb that passed the test, And yet their light would never last. The glowing part burned out too fast! "I see," said Tom, "I must invent A better, stronger filament!" At first he tried some metal wire, Which melted, broke, or caught on fire! So next he tested strip

As a child of slaves, George Washington Carver never had it easy. But with brains, courage and hard work, he became one of America's great inventors! The StoryBots are curious little creatures who live beneath our screens, offering a world of learning and fun for kids. Watch the Emmy Award-winning “Ask the StoryBots” now on Netflix → https://www.netflix.com/title/80108159 Get our collection of StoryBots learning books from Random House → https://sbot.co/StoryBotsBooks FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/storybots TWITTER: www.twitter.com/storybots INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/storybots LYRICS: George Washington Carver, a child of a slave, Was curious, clever, ambitious, and brave. On the farm where he lived, he was eager to know About all vegetation and what made it grow. He tried to enroll in the neighborhood school, But they said, "You're not welcome! Tough luck, it's the rule!" "That's crazy," he thought, "but it won't get me down!" And he left for a school in a faraway town, Where he proved right

In the old days, only the richest people had books. But Johannes Gutenberg's printing press changed all that! The StoryBots are curious little creatures who live beneath our screens, offering a world of learning and fun for kids. Watch the Emmy Award-winning “Ask the StoryBots” now on Netflix → https://www.netflix.com/title/80108159 Get our collection of StoryBots learning books from Random House → https://sbot.co/StoryBotsBooks FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/storybots TWITTER: www.twitter.com/storybots INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/storybots LYRICS: NARRATOR: In the days of castles, kings and knights, a book was something rare. It was made by hand for wealthy folk with lots of gold to spare. Till a clever man named Gutenberg said: "That's a shame, indeed!" If making books was quick and cheap, then everyone could read! NARRATOR: So he launched a secret project in his workshop where he'd hide. And townsfolk often stopped to ask: "What's going on inside"? NARRATOR: Well, Gutenberg was hard at work with

From the dawn of time, people dreamed of being able to fly. Until the Wright brothers came along and made it happen! The StoryBots are curious little creatures who live beneath our screens, offering a world of learning and fun for kids. Watch the Emmy Award-winning “Ask the StoryBots” now on Netflix → https://www.netflix.com/title/80108159 Get our collection of StoryBots learning books from Random House → https://sbot.co/StoryBotsBooks FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/storybots TWITTER: www.twitter.com/storybots INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/storybots LYRICS: NARRATOR: Orville and Wilbur, two brothers named Wright, Once dreamed of machines with the power of flight! In a little back room in their bicycle shop, Their designing and tinkering just wouldn't stop! They'd study the wings and the motions of birds, While the neighbors would laugh, "What a couple of nerds!" They tested one glider... and then built another. "We're learning!" said Wilbur. "And how!" said his brother. They both got a bump or a b

Young Guglielmo Marconi wanted to send messages through the air. Some said it would never work, but that didn't stop him! The StoryBots are curious little creatures who live beneath our screens, offering a world of learning and fun for kids. Watch the Emmy Award-winning “Ask the StoryBots” now on Netflix → https://www.netflix.com/title/80108159 Get our collection of StoryBots learning books from Random House → https://sbot.co/StoryBotsBooks FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/storybots TWITTER: www.twitter.com/storybots INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/storybots LYRICS: NARRATOR: In the land of fedoras and tasty spumoni There lived a young genius whose name was Marconi. He'd tinker and daydream and read through the day. "Go do something useful!" his father would say. Now, scientists then were already aware That electrical waves could be sent through the air. Which soon led his curious brain to inquire, Could messages somehow be sent without wire? So he took to his lab and succeeded quite well With a gadge