Bibliograph

What color is my world?, the lost history of African-American inventors, by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld

Type

Label

What color is my world?, the lost history of African-American inventors, by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

880L, Lexile

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

What color is my world?

Oclc number

727702880

Responsibility statement

by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, MG, 6.1, 2, 2, 148988

Sub title

the lost history of African-American inventors

Summary

While twins Ella and Herbie help the handyman Mr. Midal 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

Table Of Contents

Dr. Henry T. Sampson (gamma electric cell) -- Granville T. Woods (induction telegraph) -- Lewis Howard Latimer (incandescent electric lighting) -- Dr. Mark Dean (personal computer stuff) -- Dr. Valerie L. Thomas (illusion transmitter) -- James E. West -- Joseph Lee (bread machine) -- Lloyd A. Hall (food preservation) -- George Crum (potato chips) -- Frederick McKinley Jones -- Daniel Hale Williams (open-heart surgery) -- Dr. Charles Drew (blood bank) -- Pr. Percy Lavon Julian (chemist) -- Alfred L. Cralle (ice-cream scoop) -- Lonnie Johnson (super soaker) -- Garrett Morgan (inventor)

Target audience

primary

Classification