What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend and the NBA's alltime leading scorer, champions a lineupof little-known African-American inventors in this lively, kid-friendly book. Did you know that James West invented the microphone in your cell phone? That Fred Jones invented the refrigerated truck that makes supermarkets possible? Or that Dr. Percy Julian synthesized cortisone from soy, easing untold people's pain? These are just some of the black inventors and innovators scoring big points in this dynamic look at several unsung heroes who shared a desire to improve people's lives. Offering profiles with fast facts on flaps and framed by a funny contemporary story featuring two feisty twins, here is a nod to the minds behind the gamma electric cell and the ice-cream scoop, improvements to traffic lights, open-heart surgery, and more -- inventors whose ingenuity and perseverance against great odds made our world safer, better, and brighter.Back matter includes an authors' note and sources.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond ObstfeldPublisher: Candlewick Press (MA)Published: 12/10/2013ISBN: 9780763664428Pages: 90Weight: 0.25lbsSize: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.40dAccelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 148988 / What Color Is My World? the Lost History of African-American InventorsReading Level: 6.1 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 2
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Book Title
What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors
ISBN
9780763664428
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend and the NBA's alltime leading scorer, champions a lineup
of little-known African-American inventors in this lively, kid-friendly book. Did you know that James West invented the microphone in your cell phone? That Fred Jones invented the refrigerated truck that makes supermarkets possible? Or that Dr. Percy Julian synthesized cortisone from soy, easing untold people's pain? These are just some of the black inventors and innovators scoring big points in this dynamic look at several unsung heroes who shared a desire to improve people's lives. Offering profiles with fast facts on flaps and framed by a funny contemporary story featuring two feisty twins, here is a nod to the minds behind the gamma electric cell and the ice-cream scoop, improvements to traffic lights, open-heart surgery, and more -- inventors whose ingenuity and perseverance against great odds made our world safer, better, and brighter.
Back matter includes an authors' note and sources.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 12/10/2013
ISBN: 9780763664428
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.40d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 148988 / What Color Is My World? the Lost History of African-American Inventors
Reading Level: 6.1 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 2
of little-known African-American inventors in this lively, kid-friendly book. Did you know that James West invented the microphone in your cell phone? That Fred Jones invented the refrigerated truck that makes supermarkets possible? Or that Dr. Percy Julian synthesized cortisone from soy, easing untold people's pain? These are just some of the black inventors and innovators scoring big points in this dynamic look at several unsung heroes who shared a desire to improve people's lives. Offering profiles with fast facts on flaps and framed by a funny contemporary story featuring two feisty twins, here is a nod to the minds behind the gamma electric cell and the ice-cream scoop, improvements to traffic lights, open-heart surgery, and more -- inventors whose ingenuity and perseverance against great odds made our world safer, better, and brighter.
Back matter includes an authors' note and sources.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 12/10/2013
ISBN: 9780763664428
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.40d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 148988 / What Color Is My World? the Lost History of African-American Inventors
Reading Level: 6.1 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 2
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend and the NBA's alltime leading scorer, champions a lineup
of little-known African-American inventors in this lively, kid-friendly book. Did you know that James West invented the microphone in your cell phone? That Fred Jones invented the refrigerated truck that makes supermarkets possible? Or that Dr. Percy Julian synthesized cortisone from soy, easing untold people's pain? These are just some of the black inventors and innovators scoring big points in this dynamic look at several unsung heroes who shared a desire to improve people's lives. Offering profiles with fast facts on flaps and framed by a funny contemporary story featuring two feisty twins, here is a nod to the minds behind the gamma electric cell and the ice-cream scoop, improvements to traffic lights, open-heart surgery, and more -- inventors whose ingenuity and perseverance against great odds made our world safer, better, and brighter.
Back matter includes an authors' note and sources.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 12/10/2013
ISBN: 9780763664428
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.40d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 148988 / What Color Is My World? the Lost History of African-American Inventors
Reading Level: 6.1 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 2
of little-known African-American inventors in this lively, kid-friendly book. Did you know that James West invented the microphone in your cell phone? That Fred Jones invented the refrigerated truck that makes supermarkets possible? Or that Dr. Percy Julian synthesized cortisone from soy, easing untold people's pain? These are just some of the black inventors and innovators scoring big points in this dynamic look at several unsung heroes who shared a desire to improve people's lives. Offering profiles with fast facts on flaps and framed by a funny contemporary story featuring two feisty twins, here is a nod to the minds behind the gamma electric cell and the ice-cream scoop, improvements to traffic lights, open-heart surgery, and more -- inventors whose ingenuity and perseverance against great odds made our world safer, better, and brighter.
Back matter includes an authors' note and sources.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 12/10/2013
ISBN: 9780763664428
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.40d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 148988 / What Color Is My World? the Lost History of African-American Inventors
Reading Level: 6.1 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 2
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