What Color Is My World? What Color Is My World?

What Color Is My World‪?‬

The Lost History of African-American Inventors

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Publisher Description

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend and the NBA's all time 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.

  • GENRE
    Kids
    RELEASED
    2012
    January 10
    LANGUAGE
    EN
    English
    LENGTH
    44
    Pages
    PUBLISHER
    Candlewick Press
    SELLER
    Candlewick Press, Inc.
    SIZE
    9.6
    MB
    AUDIENCE
    Grades 3-7
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