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Author Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947- author.

Title What color is my world? : the lost history of African-American inventors / Kareem Addul-Jabbar & Raymond Obstfeld ; illustrated by Ben Boos & A.G. Ford.

Publication Info. Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2013.
©2012

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Location Call No. Status
 West Hartford, Faxon Branch - Children's Nonfiction  J 609.3 ABDUL-JABBAR    Check Shelf
Edition First edition in this format.
Description 90 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 86-87) and index.
Audience Ages 8-12.
Contents Dr. Henry T. Sampson -- Granville T. Woods -- Lewis Howard Latimer -- Dr. Mark Dean -- Dr. Valerie L. Thomas -- James E. West -- Frederick McKinley Jones -- Joseph Lee -- Lloyd A. Hall -- George Crum -- -- Daniel Hale Williams -- Dr. Charles Drew -- Dr. Percy Lavon Julian -- Alfred L. Cralle -- Lonnie Johnson -- Garrett Morgan.
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.
Subject Inventors -- Fiction.
African American inventors -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Moving, Household -- Fiction.
Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.
Twins -- Fiction.
Inventors -- Juvenile fiction.
African American inventors -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Moving, Household -- Juvenile fiction.
Siblings -- Juvenile fiction.
Twins -- Juvenile fiction.
Added Author Obstfeld, Raymond, 1952- author.
Boos, Ben, 1971- illustrator.
Ford, AG, illustrator.
ISBN 9780763664428 (paperback) $5.99
0763664421
9780763645649 (hardcover)
9781480631212 (Paw Prints)
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