Title Whirligigs : the wondrous windmills of Vollis Simpson's imagination / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham.

Publication Info.	New York : Calkins Creek, and imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2024]
	©2024

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Location	Call No.	Status
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department	J 920 SIMPSON	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - New Children's Books	J 730.92 SIMPSON	Check Shelf
Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department	J-B SIMPSON, VOLLIS	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - NEW Children's Items	JB-SIMPSON WEA	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - ON-ORDER (not available yet)		On Order
Plainville Public Library - Children's Department	J B SIMPSON	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Summary	Vollis Simpson was a man with a curious mind--always eager to know how things worked and how to fix them. Growing up on a farm in North Carolina, he loved to tinker with machines. And when he served in the Army Air Corps during WWII, Vollis kept right on tinkering. His ingenuity allowed him to build things no one would have thought to create from scraps--a washing machine out of airplane parts and a motorcycle out of a bike. After the war, his passion for metal creations picked up speed--turning into a whirlwind of windmills as far as the eye could see. Luckily, Vollis's fanciful and colorful windmills have been preserved at a park in Wilson, NC, where visitors can behold his magnificent and towering creations forever whizzing in the air.
Audience	Ages 7-10. Astra Books.
	Grades 2-5. Astra Books.
Subject	Simpson, Vollis, 1919-2013 -- Juvenile literature.
	Windmills -- Juvenile literature.
	Art metal-work -- Juvenile literature.
	Artists -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
	Sculptors -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Juvenile literature.
	Wilson (Wilson County, N.C.) -- Juvenile literature.
	Folk artists -- Biography.
	Artists -- Biography.
	Sculptors -- Biography.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Biography.
	Art metalwork.
	Wilson (Wilson County, N.C.) -- Biography.
	HISTORY / United States / General.
Genre/Form	Picture books.
	Biographies.
Added Author	Fotheringham, Edwin https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjD8cJbfmYWRtFpHwK4bbd, illustrator.
ISBN	9781662680410 (hardcover)
	1662680414 (hardcover)

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