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What color is my world? : the lost history of African-American inventors

Title
  1. What color is my world? : the lost history of African-American inventors / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Raymond Obstfeld ; illustrated by Ben Boos & A.G. Ford.
Published by
  1. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, [2012]
  2. ©2012
Author
  1. Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-

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Additional authors
  1. Obstfeld, Raymond, 1952-
  2. Boos, Ben, 1971-
  3. Ford, AG
Description
  1. 36 pages : color illustrations; 26 x 28 cm
Summary
  1. 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 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.
Subject
  1. African American inventors > Juvenile fiction
  2. African American inventors > Biography > Juvenile literature
  3. Moving, Household > Juvenile fiction
  4. Siblings > Juvenile fiction
  5. Twins > Juvenile fiction
  6. African American inventors
Genre/Form
  1. Biographies.
  2. Biography.
  3. Juvenile works.
  4. Picture books.
Contents
  1. Dr. Henry T. Sampson -- Granville T. Woods -- Lewis Howard Lattimer -- Dr. Mark Dean -- Dr. Valerie L. Thomas -- James E. West -- Joseph Lee -- Lloyd A. Hall -- George Crum -- Frederick McKinley Jones -- Daniel Hale Williams -- Dr. Charles Drew -- Dr. Percy Lavon Julian -- Alfred L. Cralle -- Lonnie Johnson -- Garrett Morgan.
Call number
  1. Sc+ F 16-104
Note
  1. Includes historical facts about how African-American inventors changed the way we live on paper flaps.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references, videography and webliography (page 3 of cover).
Author
  1. Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947- author.
Title
  1. What color is my world? : the lost history of African-American inventors / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Raymond Obstfeld ; illustrated by Ben Boos & A.G. Ford.
Publisher
  1. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, [2012]
Copyright date
  1. ©2012
Edition
  1. First edition.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references, videography and webliography (page 3 of cover).
Local subject
  1. Black author.
Added author
  1. Obstfeld, Raymond, 1952- author.
  2. Boos, Ben, 1971- illustrator.
  3. Ford, AG, illustrator.
LCCN
  1. 2011018610
Other standard identifier
  1. 99952219182
  2. 9780763645649
ISBN
  1. 9780763645649 (hardback)
  2. 0763645648 (hardback)
Research call number
  1. Sc+ F 16-104
  2. JFF 13-475
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