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What color is my world? : the lost history of African-American inventors / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Raymond Obstfeld ; illustrated by Ben Boos & A.G. Ford. - SHERLOC
What color is my world? : the lost history of African-American inventors / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Raymond Obstfeld ; illustrated by Ben Boos & A.G. Ford.
Imprint:
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2012.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780763645649 (hbk.)
0763645648 (hbk.)
Call number:
jFIC ABD
Physical description:
36 p. (some folded) : col. ill. ; 26 x 28 cm.
Subject:
African American inventors -- Juvenile fiction.
African American inventors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile literature.
Moving, Household -- Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction.
Twins -- Juvenile fiction.
Note:
Also includes brief biographies of famous African-American inventors on fold-out pages.
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary note:
While twins Ella and Herbie help the handyman Mr. Mital work on their new home, he tells them about such inventors as Granville Woods, Dr. Henry T. Sampson, and James West, giving them a new view of their heritage as African-Americans.
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