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What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors

What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors - Hardcover

by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld
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Availability:In StockContributor:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld, Ben Boos (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2012-01-03Pages:44
Language:EnglishPublisher:Candlewick Press (MA)ISBN-13:9780763645649ISBN-10:763645648UPC:9780763645649Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Technology, Science & Nature, People & PlacesBook Topic:Inventions, History of Science, United StatesSize:9.90 x 11.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.7615Product ID:SC8K4X93ER
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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Candlewick Press (MA)ISBN-13:9780763645649ISBN-10:763645648UPC:9780763645649Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Technology, Science & Nature, People & PlacesBook Topic:Inventions, History of Science, United StatesSize:9.90 x 11.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.7615Product ID:SC8K4X93ER
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is one of the most famous and accomplished basketball players in U.S. history. Since retiring from the sport, he has committed himself to bringing history and social studies to young people and has written seven books, including the New York Times bestseller On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance, co-authored by Raymond Obstfeld. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar lives in California.

Raymond Obstfeld is the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction and is a professor of creative writing. He lives in California.

Ben Boos (1971-2011) is the author-illustrator of Swords: An Artist's Devotion and Fantasy: An Artist's Realm.

A. G. Ford is the illustrator of Goal! by Mina Javaherbin and the New York Times bestseller Barack by Jonah Winter, among other titles. A. G. Ford lives in Texas.
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld, Ben Boos (Illustrator)

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld

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