The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Reader's Edition) - Hardcover
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer, Anna HymasAudience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2016-01-05Pages:304
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Turtleback BooksISBN-13:9780606399791ISBN-10:606399798UPC:9780606399791Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Technology, Biography & Autobiography, PlacesBook Topic:Electricity & Electronics, Science & Technology, AfricaSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.85Product ID:SCFRGF4PMJ
TheNew York Timesbestselling memoir of the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village adapted for young readers. Now available in paperback
When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land.
Retold for a younger audience, this exciting memoir shows how, even in a desperate situation, one boy's brilliant idea can light up the world. Complete with photographs, illustrations, and an epilogue that will bring readers up to date on William's story, this is the perfect edition to read and share with the whole family."
When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land.
Retold for a younger audience, this exciting memoir shows how, even in a desperate situation, one boy's brilliant idea can light up the world. Complete with photographs, illustrations, and an epilogue that will bring readers up to date on William's story, this is the perfect edition to read and share with the whole family."
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Turtleback BooksISBN-13:9780606399791ISBN-10:606399798UPC:9780606399791Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Technology, Biography & Autobiography, PlacesBook Topic:Electricity & Electronics, Science & Technology, AfricaSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.85Product ID:SCFRGF4PMJ
William Kamkwamba recently graduated from Dartmouth College. The original version of his memoir The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind was a New York Times Bestseller and a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. He divides his time between Malawi and San Francisco, California.
Bryan Mealer is the author of Muck City: Winning and Losing in Football's Forgotten Town and All Things Must Fight to Live, which chronicled his years covering the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a reporter for the Associated Press and Harper's. His work has appeared in the anthology Best American Travel Writing and was chosen for an Overseas Press Club Award Citation. He lives in Austin, Texas.
Bryan Mealer is the author of Muck City: Winning and Losing in Football's Forgotten Town and All Things Must Fight to Live, which chronicled his years covering the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a reporter for the Associated Press and Harper's. His work has appeared in the anthology Best American Travel Writing and was chosen for an Overseas Press Club Award Citation. He lives in Austin, Texas.
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