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

Name: What Color Is My World? The Lost History of African-American Inventors
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ISBN: 9780763664428

ISBN-10: 0763664421

ISBN-13: 9780763664428

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Authors: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld, Ben Boos, A. G. Ford

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend and the NBA's alltime leading scorer, champions a lineupof 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…

Book details

List price: $10.99
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Publication date: 12/10/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.06" long x 0.26" tall
Weight: 0.242
Language: English

Raymond Obstfeld is an associate professor of English at Orange Coast College, and is the author of more than forty books of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, including studies of the Italian Renaissance, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Moby-Dick.

AG Ford is the illustrator of the New York Times bestselling Barack by Jonah Winter and also of Michelle and First Family by Deborah Hopkinson. He is the recipient of an NAACP Image Award.